PAPACY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The government of the Roman Catholic Church

Synonyms:

papacy; pontificate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("papacy" is a kind of...):

authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)

Meronyms (members of "papacy"):

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Credits