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pontificality

pontificality noun: the state and government of the pope; the papacy.

Noun

pontificality (plural pontificalities)

  1. The state and government of the pope; the papacy.
    • Charles the fifth , emperor , who was accounted one of the Pope's best sons , yet proceeded in matter temporal towards Pope Clement with strange rigour : never regarding the pontificality , but kept him prisoner thirteen months[…]c. 1614, Francis Bacon, The Charge Against William Talbot

Forms of pontificality

pluralpontificalities

Origin of pontificality

From pontifical + -ity.

Questions about pontificality

What does pontificality mean?
Pontificality means the state and government of the pope; the papacy.
What part of speech is pontificality?
Pontificality is a noun.
What is the plural of pontificality?
The plural of pontificality is pontificalities.

Words near pontificality in the dictionary

  1. pontific
  2. pontifical
  3. Pontifical States
  4. pontificalia
  5. pontificalities
  6. pontificality
  7. pontifically
  8. pontificals
  9. pontificate
  10. pontificated
  11. pontificates

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