papacy

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How to pronounce papacy in British English: 英 [ˈpeɪpəsi]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    the government of the Roman Catholic Church

单词词源

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.

双语例句

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 .

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