PAPACY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.

2.
n.

The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.

3.
n.

The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.


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