What does "papacy" mean?
Papacy: The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.
Additional senses
- 2.The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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