Papacy
['peɪpəsɪ] or ['pepəsi]
Definition
(n.) The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.
(n.) The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.
(n.) The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.
Typist: Ruben
Definition
n. the office of the Pope: the authority of the Pope: popery: the Popes as a body.—adj. Pā′pal belonging to or relating to the Pope or to popery: popish.—v.t. Pā′palise to make papal.—v.i. to conform to popery.—ns. Pā′palism; Pā′palist.—adv. Pā′pally.—ns. Pāpaphō′bia extreme fear of the Pope or the progress of papacy; Pā′parchy papal government.
Edited by Craig
Examples
- It is equally true that the papacy never seemed to realize that Europe was growing up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Papacy seemed to be balancing its traditional reliance upon the faithful Habsburgs against its quarrel with republican France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Throughout the fourteenth century the papacy did nothing to recover its moral sway. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Great hopes were entertained by the papacy for the conversion of the Mongols to Christianity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The political enterprises of the papacy necessitated an increasing demand for money. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The missionary enterprises of the papacy in Mongolia ended in failure. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But after the death of Alexander III, in 1181, the peculiar weakness of the papacy, its liability to fall to old and enfeebled men, became manifest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The papacy we must now recognize as the first clearly conscious attempt to provide such a government in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The strength of the papacy lay in the faith men had in it, and it used that faith so carelessly as to enfeeble it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The history of the papacy is confusing to the general reader because of the multitude and abundance of the Popes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Popes did not understand the necessity of dignity to the papacy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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