English Explanatory Dictionary

papacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The office of a pope.
  2. The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
  3. The period of a particular pope's reign.
  4. Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.

Pronunciation

pāʹ-pə-sē /ˈpeɪ.pə.si/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-papacy.wav

Word forms

papacy papacies

Etymology

Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).

Related words

papal papism pope popishness abbacy fatherness paternity

Derived words

antipapacy caesaropapacy

Translations

Armenian: պապականություն Armenian: պապություն Catalan: papat Catalan: pontificat Danish: pavedømme Dutch: pausdom Dutch: pontificaat French: papauté Galician: papado Galician: pontificado German: Papstamt Greek: παπισμός Hungarian: pápaság Italian: papato Latin: pāpātia Māori: popitanga Norman: papaûté Norwegian: pavedømme Occitan: papat Occitan: papautat Occitan: pontificat Polish: papiestwo Polish: tiara Polish: tron Piotrowy Portuguese: papado Romagnol: papêt Russian: па́пство Spanish: papado Swedish: påvedöme
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