Word.ws English Dictionary

Vaticanism

Vaticanism noun: the doctrine of papal supremacy; views in support of the authority of the pope.

Noun

Vaticanism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, usually) The doctrine of papal supremacy; views in support of the authority of the pope.

Synonyms of Vaticanism

Origin of Vaticanism

From Vatican + -ism.

Questions about Vaticanism

What does Vaticanism mean?
Vaticanism means the doctrine of papal supremacy; views in support of the authority of the pope.
What part of speech is Vaticanism?
Vaticanism is a noun.

Words near Vaticanism in the dictionary

  1. Vaticanic
  2. Vaticanise
  3. Vaticanised
  4. Vaticanises
  5. Vaticanising
  6. Vaticanism
  7. Vaticanist
  8. Vaticanists
  9. Vaticanization
  10. Vaticanize
  11. Vaticanized

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Vaticanism (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Vaticanism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/vaticanism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.