papacy
pronunciation
How to pronounce papacy in British English:
UK [ˈpeɪpəsi]
How to pronounce papacy in American English:
US ['peɪpəsɪ]
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- Noun:
- the government of the Roman Catholic Church
Word Origin
- papacy
- papacy: see pope
- papacy (n.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin papatia "papal office," from Late Latin papa "pope" (see pope). Old English had papdom in this sense.
Example
- 1. Papal diplomacy is almost as old as the papacy .
- 2. In the sixth century the papacy had become firmly established .
- 3. This system depended on two institutions , the papacy and the empire .
- 4. From the year 1309 to 1377 , the roman catholic papacy was not based in rome - it was based in avignon , france .
- 5. For more , the church was almost unimaginably central and he believed henry 's challenge to the papacy signalled its destruction .