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Papal State

Papal State is the singular of Papal States.

Meaning of Papal States

Proper noun

the Papal States pl (normally plural, singular Papal State)

  1. (historical, plural-normally) A country in southern Europe that existed until 1870, comprising the territories of Italy (and some enclaves in France) over which the pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense.

Questions about Papal State

What is Papal State the singular of?
Papal State is the singular of Papal States.

Words near Papal State in the dictionary

  1. papal bull
  2. papal bulls
  3. papal cross
  4. papal crosses
  5. papal infallibility
  6. Papal State
  7. Papal States
  8. papal supremacy
  9. papalagi
  10. papalagis
  11. Papaleo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Papal State (page history and authors); Papal States (page history and authors). 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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