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Definition of Papacy
1. Noun. The government of the Roman Catholic Church.
Generic synonyms: Authorities, Government, Regime
Member holonyms: Bishop Of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, Pontiff, Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar Of Christ
Derivative terms: Pontificate
Definition of Papacy
1. n. The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.
Definition of Papacy
1. Noun. The office of the pope. ¹
2. Noun. The period of a particular pope's reign. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Papacy
1. the office of the pope [n -CIES]
Medical Definition of Papacy
1. 1. The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction. 2. The popes, collectively; the succession of popes. 3. The Roman Catholic religion; commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense. Origin: LL. Papatia, fr. L. Papa a father, bishop. See Pope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Papacy
Literary usage of Papacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"They are ко accustomed to think of tlie papacy as an unchanging, usually aggressive,
and always formidable, power, that the life of a single pope seems to ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"On the other hand, there had been little sympathy between the papacy and the
Empire since the Peace of Westphalia; the papacy was naturally alarmed at the ..."
3. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"THE papacy AND THE EMPIRE his purpose. At the same time, ... 1 The degradation
of the papacy in this period is depicted in the darkest or» by the Roman ..."
4. The Cambridge Medieval History by John Bagnell Bury, James Pounder Whitney (1913)
"CHAPTER XXII THE papacy, TO CHARLES THE GREAT THE growth of the papal power can be
... Gregory the Great is said to have originated the medieval papacy; ..."
5. The Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce Bryce (1902)
"Parallel of Ike papacy. extinguished. Solyman the Magnificent assumed the name of
... The papacy, whose spiritual power was itself the offspring of Rome's ..."
6. The Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce Bryce (1902)
"Parallel of the papacy. extinguished. Solyman the Magnificent assumed the name of
... The papacy, whose spiritual power was itself the offspring of Rome's ..."
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