Lexicographical Neighbors of Papable
Literary usage of Papable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On English Adjectives in -able: With Special Reference to Reliable by Fitzedward Hall (1877)
"papable,6 ' that may be made a pope.' Lydgate.7 Portable, ' having a share.'
tioned by her to Lord Chesterfield, drew from him a reply much more witty than ..."
2. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1900)
"When Bacon wrote, one to be ' papable' must have been born in lawful wedlock ;
must have no children nor grandchildren living; must not have a kinsman ..."
3. The Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1904)
"Francis Bacon somewhere describes a certain candidate for the Chair of St.
Peter as being ' papable.' There met, that is, in him all the conditions, ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1806)
"CHAP, reason to regret the administration of Andronicus. ,_L^' , The sound and
vigorous mind of the tyrant was papable of discerning the connection between ..."
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