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Meaning of papacy

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

papacy

noun

Definitions

  1. The office of the pope.

    Example: The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.

  2. The period of a particular pope's reign.

    Example: The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.

  3. Roman Catholicism generally.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/papacy

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