Definition of Popedom

1. n. The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity.

Definition of Popedom

1. Noun. The jurisdiction of the pope. ¹

2. Noun. The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Popedom

1. the office of a pope [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Popedom

popadums
popcorn
popcorn ball
popcorn ceiling
popcorn ceilings
popcorn chicken
popcorn movie
popcorning
popcornlike
popcorns
popcorny
popcraft
pope's living room
pope's nose
pope hat
popedom (current term)
popedoms
popehead
popehood
popehoods
popeless
popelike
popeling
popelings
popera
poperas
poperatic
poperetta
poperettas
poperies

Literary usage of Popedom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1879)
"... Cromwell—Wolsey's Intercession for the popedom—He demands the Hand of Rene'e of France for Henry—Failure—Anne reappears at Court—Repels the King's ..."

2. The Table Talk and Omniana of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With Additional Table by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1888)
"WHAT a grand subject for a history the popedom is ! The Pope ought never to have affected temporal sway, but to have lived retired within St. Angelo, ..."

3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1829)
"The cardinal's letter to the ambassadors about Ms promotion to tlte popedom. An original. Magnifico equiti domino Gregorio a ..."

4. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"... to procure the French King's interest with such Members of the Conclave as were at his devotion to assist in elevating Cardinal Pole to the popedom. ..."

5. The Monks of the West from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Francis Aidan Gasquet (1896)
"CHAPTER II HILDEBRAND BEFORE HIS ELECTION TO THE popedom Different opinions as to Hildebrand'a origin.—A monk at Rome, ..."

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