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papacy
UK /ˈpeɪ.pə.si/ US /ˈpeɪ.pə.si/
noun 4
Definitions
noun
1
The office of a pope.
2
The office of a pope.
The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.
3
The period of a particular pope's reign.
The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.
4
Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.
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