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Papacy
noun
Word Frequency:
1.6
Definitions
1.
noun
The office of the pope.
"The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church."
2.
noun
The period of a particular pope's reign.
"The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended."
3.
noun
Roman Catholicism generally.
Synonyms
pontificate
popedom
holy see
apostolic see
see of rome
roman see
papal supremacy
papal court
vatican
prelacy
archbishopry
bishopry
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