papacy

pa·pa·cy  (pp-s)

n. pl. pa·pa·cies

1. The office and jurisdiction of a pope.

2. The period of time during which a pope is in office.

3. A succession or line of popes: the Medici papacy.

4. Papacy Roman Catholic Church The system of church government headed by the pope.

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[Middle English papacie, from Medieval Latin pptia, from Late Latin ppa, pope; see pope.]

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papacy [ˈpeɪpəsɪ]

n pl -cies

1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) the office or term of office of a pope

2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) the system of government in the Roman Catholic Church that has the pope as its head

[from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from pāpa pope¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

papacy - the government of the Roman Catholic Church pontificate authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ - the head of the Roman Catholic Church

Translations

papacy [ˈpeɪpəsɪ] N → papado m, pontificado m

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papacy [ˈpeɪpəsi] n → papauté f

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papacy

n → Papsttum nt; during the papacy of … → während der Amtszeit des Papstes …, unter Papst …

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papacy [ˈpeɪpəsɪ] n → papato

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papacy [ˈpeɪpəsɪ] n → papato

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papacy

n papacy [ˈpeipəsi]

1 the position or power of the pope The papacy is the central authority of the Roman Catholic church. pousdom منصِب البابا папство papežství pavedømme das päpstliche Amt αξίωμα του πάπα papado, pontificado paavstlus مقام پاپ اعظم paavius papauté אַפִיפיוֹרוּת पोप का पद, परमर्ध्माध्यक्ष-पद papinstvo pápaság kedudukan paus páfadómur papato 教皇権 교황의 지위(직) popiežiaus valdžia, pontifikatas pāvesta vara paus pausdom pavedømme papiestwo papado papalitate папский престол pápežstvo papeštvo papstvo påvedöme, påvestol ตำแหน่งหรืออำนาจของสันตะปาปา papalık 教皇職位 папство پاپائيت، پوپ کا منصب chức giáo hoàng 教皇职位

2 government by popes the history of the papacy. pousdom بابَويَّه папство papežství pavemagt das Papsttum παπισμός papado paavstisüsteem دوران پاپی paavihallinto papauté אַפִיפיוֹרִי पोप का पद या पद की अवधि, पोप प्रणाली, पोपतंत्र papinstvo pápaság pemerintahan paus páfastjórn papato 教皇制度 교황제도 popiežiaus valdžia pāvesta valdīšanas laiks masa sso menjadi paus pausdom pavevelde; pontifikat papiestwo papado papalitate папство pápežstvo papeštvo papinska vlast påvevälde การปกครองของสันตะปาปา papalık 教皇政治 папство پاپاؤں کي حکومت chế độ giáo hoàng 教皇政治