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pa·pa·cy

 (pā′pə-sē)
n. pl. pa·pa·cies
1. The office and jurisdiction of a pope.
2. The period of time during which a pope is in office.
3. A succession or line of popes: the Medici papacy.
4. Papacy Roman Catholic Church The system of church government headed by the pope.
[Middle English papacie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Late Latin pāpa, pope; see pope.]
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papacy

(ˈpeɪpəsɪ)
n, pl -cies
1. (Roman Catholic Church) the office or term of office of a pope
2. (Roman Catholic Church) the system of government in the Roman Catholic Church that has the pope as its head
[C14: from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from pāpa pope1]
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pa•pa•cy

(ˈpeɪ pə si)

n., pl. -cies.
1. the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope.
2. the system of Roman Catholic ecclesiastical government.
3. the period during which a certain pope is in office.
4. the succession or line of the popes.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.papacy - the government of the Roman Catholic Churchpapacy - the government of the Roman Catholic Church
pontificate
authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ - the head of the Roman Catholic Church
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Translations
بابَويَّهمنصِب البابا
papežství
pavedømmepavemagt
pápaság
páfadómurpáfastjórn
pontifikataspopiežiaus valdžia
pāvesta valdīšanas laikspāvesta vara
pápežstvo

papacy

[ˈpeɪpəsɪ] N → papado m, pontificado m
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papacy

[ˈpeɪpəsi] n → papauté f
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papacy

n → Papsttum nt; during the papacy of … → während der Amtszeit des Papstes …, unter Papst …
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papacy

[ˈpeɪpəsɪ] n → papato
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papacy

(ˈpeipəsi) noun
1. the position or power of the pope. The papacy is the central authority of the Roman Catholic church.
2. government by popes. the history of the papacy.
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