Papal
['peɪp(ə)l] or ['pepl]
Definition
(adj.) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; 'papal dispensation' .
Typist: Preston--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.
Typed by Hannah
Examples
- Honorius was succeeded by Gregory IX (1227), who evidently came to the papal throne with a nervous resolution to master this perplexing young man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were dangerous now only to their own side, and the papal representative spent an unpleasant night hiding from them in the forest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All this country belongs to the Papal States. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I was taken to the churches on solemn occasions--days of fête and state; I was shown the Papal ritual and ceremonial. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lützow[377] describes how the papal representative and the Duke of Saxony ascended a convenient hill to inspect the battlefield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There arose a number of quasi-independent city states to the north of Rome, the papal capital. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This reduced to a patent claim governed the art as firmly as a papal bull for centuries enabled Spain to hold the Western world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The wealth and luxury of the higher clergy and the heavy papal taxation were the chief grounds of complaint. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This shows that the Papal States are as far advanced as Turkey. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They had early joined the revolt against the papal a uthority. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This Sixth Crusade was indeed not only the _reductio ad absurdum_ of crusades, but of papal excommunications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a papal legate in Pekin in 1346, but he seems to have been a mere papal diplomatist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The former were under a regular discipline and subordination to the papal authority. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Yet, on the whole, the papal ship kept its course, and came presently into the wind again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such, briefly, is the story of the great centuries of papal ascendancy and papal decline. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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