papacy.
The office of a pope.
Meaning & usage
The office of a pope.
The office of a pope. The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.
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.
Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.
Where this word comes from
Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).
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