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PAPAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

Example:

papal dispensation

Synonyms:

apostolic; apostolical; papal; pontifical

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

pope (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Derivation:

pope (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

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