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papal

/ˈpeɪpəl/

papal adjective: having to do with the pope or the papacy.

papal: the dome of a building with paintings on it
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Adjective

papal (comparative more papal, superlative most papal)

  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
    • In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian

papal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

papal in Hindi

पापल

papal in Tamil

போப்பாண்டவர் சம்பந்தமான

papal in Marathi

पापल, पापळ

papal in Urdu

پوپ سے متعلق
More languagesFewer languages
papal in Bengali
পাপাল
papal in Telugu
పాపల్, పాపాల్
papal in Malayalam
മാർപാപ്പയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, പാപ്പാവിനടുത്ത, പാപ്പാവിഷയകമായ, റോമാപള്ളിയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച
papal in Kannada
ಪೋಪ್‌ಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ
papal in Punjabi
ਪਾਪਲ
papal in Odia
ପାପଲ୍, ପାପାଲ୍
papal in Nepali
पापल, पपाल

Examples of papal in a sentence

  • Next, Francis declined to move into the gilded papal apartment vacated by his predecessor.
  • Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed Tuesday that Monsignor Antonio Yao Shun had received a papal mandate.
  • Before examining specific interpretations of papal infallibility, we will first give a general introduction to the doctrine.

All 18 example sentences with papal

Forms of papal

comparativemore papal
superlativemost papal

Origin of papal

From Middle English papal, from Old French papal and Medieval Latin pāpālis (“papal”).

Words formed from papal

Phrases with papal

Words that rhyme with papal

Questions about papal

What does papal mean?
Papal means having to do with the pope or the papacy.
What is papal in Hindi?
Papal in Hindi is पापल. See Papal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is papal?
Papal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce papal?
Papal is pronounced /ˈpeɪpəl/.

Words near papal in the dictionary

  1. papakha
  2. papakhas
  3. papakhs
  4. Papakura
  5. Papakyriakopoulos
  6. papal
  7. papal bull
  8. papal bulls
  9. papal cross
  10. papal crosses
  11. papal infallibility

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: papal (page history and authors); papal (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); papal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); papal (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); papal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); papal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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