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• The papacy has for centuries brought with it a place on the world stage.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian. From the entry bottom-up
• As well as overhauling the administration in the collectories, the papacy attempted to reorganise them throughout Christendom.2025, John A. F. Thomson, Popes and Princes 1417–1517. From the entry collectory
• The corollary to this principle of Petrinity is that any entity that threatens or denies the papacy its primacy is anathema.2016, Jehangi Yezdi Malegam, “Pro-Papacy Polemic and the Purity of the Church: The Gregorian Reform”, in A Companion to the Medieval…. From the entry Petrinity
• This tendency too was to play an important part in determining the emphasis of the papacy during the Counter Reformation.1968, William J. Bouwsma, Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of Counter Reformation, page 32. From the entry Counter Reformation
• This was the era which witnessed the beginnings of the conciliar movement, which sought to subordinate the papacy to the decisions of Church Councils.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe, London: Allen Lane, →ISBN, page 347. From the entry conciliar
• There were as many as one hundred thousand benefices offered during the period of his papacy, according to one chronicler and eyewitness.2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 94. From the entry benefice
• Two women played a lively part in the struggles of the German emperors against the papacy, the Markgravines Beatrix of Tuscany and her daughter Matilda.1975, Sibylle Harksen, Women in the Middle Ages, A. Schram, →ISBN, page 41, column 2. From the entry markgravine
• The Counter-Reformation papacy, eager to have its structures improved and reformed, called on intellectuals to come up with both an explanation about the Julian calendar's errors and a solution.2015, Brian A. Pavlac, “Liberation of Mind and Body: Early Modern Europe, 1543 to 1815”, in A Concise Survey of Western Civilization…. From the entry vernal
• From the first moments of his papacy it has been evident that Francis is a “people person,” with a gentle common touch and a gift for pastoral outreach.2013 September 25, Jeff Jacoby, “Pope’s interview is fodder for the culture war”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 16 Oct 2013. From the entry common touch
• It will be destroyed by the cardinal camerlengo, the acting head of state of Vatican City during the “sede vacante,” the canon law term used when the papacy is vacant.2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times. From the entry camerlengo
• With his departure, Alfonso VIII was free to vent his wrath on the Leónese who were themselves under immense pressure from the papacy to desist from attacking their Christian neighbours.2013, Nicholas Morton, “The struggle for Spain, 1195–1232”, in The Medieval Military Orders, 1120–1314, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York…. From the entry Leónese

Meaning of papacy

1. noun The office of a pope.
2. noun The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
3. noun The period of a particular pope's reign.

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How do you use papacy in a sentence?

Papacy is used as a noun. For example: “The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.”

What is a short sentence with papacy?

“The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.”

What does papacy mean?

Papacy means the office of a pope.