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papaphilia

UK/pæpæˈfɪlɪə/

papaphilia noun: love and adoration for the pope or the papacy.

Noun

papaphilia (uncountable)

  1. love and adoration for the pope or the papacy

Antonyms of papaphilia

Origin of papaphilia

From Latin papa (“pope”) + -philia.

Questions about papaphilia

What does papaphilia mean?
Papaphilia means love and adoration for the pope or the papacy.
What part of speech is papaphilia?
Papaphilia is a noun.
How do you pronounce papaphilia?
Papaphilia is pronounced /pæpæˈfɪlɪə/ (UK).

Words near papaphilia in the dictionary

  1. Papanikolaou
  2. Papanikolaous
  3. Papantla
  4. Papantla Totonac
  5. Papanui
  6. papaphilia
  7. papaphobe
  8. papaphobes
  9. papaphobia
  10. papaphobist
  11. papaphobists

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