Papacy Synonyms

pāpə-sē
The government of the Roman Catholic Church
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pontificate
  2. the Vatican
  3. the Holy See
  4. the See of Rome
  5. popedom
  6. the shoes of the fisherman

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Papacy Sentence Examples

  • In 1815 it returned to the papacy, but was united to Italy in 1860.

  • The struggle between them has been represented as one of a patriotic archbishop resisting the encroachments of the papacy on the Church of England.

  • During his short reign Calixtus strengthened the authority of the papacy in southern Italy by military expeditions, and restored several buildings within the city of Rome.

  • On the 3rd of July 1517 he published the names of thirty-one new cardinals, a number almost unprecedented in the history of the papacy.

  • The Annales, which are in seven books, deal with the history of Bavaria in conjunction with general history from the earliest times to 1460, and the author shows a strong sympathy for the Empire in its struggle with the Papacy.

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