Papacy

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe office of a pope.

"The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy."

2.NounThe office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

"The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy."

3.NounThe 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."

4.NounRoman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.

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