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Papal

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Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Papal has 1 sense

papal(a = adj.pert) apostolic, apostolical, pontifical - proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"

Derived form noun pope₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Papal, a. [F., fr. L. papa bishop. See Papacy.].

Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. Milman. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church. Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]

Papal cross. See Illust. 3 of Cross. -- Papal crown, the tiara.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Papal, adj. of or relating to a pope or to the papacy.

Idiom

Papal States hist. the temporal dominions belonging to the Pope, esp. in central Italy.

Derivative

papally adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. med.L papalis f. eccl.L papa POPE(1)

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ROGET THESAURUS

Papal

Churchdom

N church, churchdom, ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church, clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism, theocracy, ecclesiology, ecclesiologist, priestcraft, odium theologicum, monachism, monachy, monasticism, monkhood, pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, prelacy, bishopric, bishopdom, episcopate, episcopacy, see, diocese, deanery, stall, canonry, canonicate, prebend, prebendaryship, benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure, rectorship, vicariate, vicarship, deaconry, deaconship, curacy, chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, abbacy, presbytery, holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation, popedom, the Vatican, the apostolic see, religious sects, council, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry, sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic, hierarchical, archiepiscopal, episcopal, episcopalian, canonical, monastic, monachal, monkish, abbatial, abbatical, Anglican, pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish, ultramontane, priest-ridden.

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