papal
pronunciation
How to pronounce papal in British English:
UK [ˈpeɪpl]
How to pronounce papal in American English:
US ['peɪpl]
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- Adjective:
- proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
Word Origin
- papal
- papal: see pope
- papal (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French papal (late 14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin papalis "pertaining to the pope," from papa (see pope).
Example
- 1. But the papal decree goes much further .
- 2. Papal diplomacy is almost as old as the papacy .
- 3. For this reason , if for no other , we should take this papal bull seriously .
- 4. Who will fill the papal shoes ?
- 5. For medieval clerics , it was the city that housed the papal seat .