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papacies

papacies is the plural of papacy.

Meaning of papacy

Noun

papacy (countable and uncountable, plural papacies)

  1. The office of a pope.
    1. (usually) The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
      • The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.
  2. 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.
  3. (derogatory, often) Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.

Questions about papacies

What is papacies the plural of?
Papacies is the plural of papacy.

Words near papacies in the dictionary

  1. papabots
  2. papabotte
  3. papabottes
  4. papacide
  5. papacides
  6. papacies
  7. papacy
  8. papad
  9. Papadakis
  10. Papadakises
  11. papadam

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