papacy

English

Etymology

Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pāʹ-pə-sē, IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.pə.si/
• Rhymes: -eɪpəsi

Noun

papacy (countable and uncountable, plural papacies)

1. The office of the pope.

   The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.

2. The period of a particular pope's reign.

   The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.

3. Roman Catholicism generally.

Derived terms

• antipapacy
• caesaropapacy

Related terms

• papal
• papist
• pope
• popish

Translations

the office

• Armenian: պապականություն (hy) (papakanutʻyun), պապություն (hy) (paputʻyun)
• Catalan: papat (ca) m, pontificat m
• French: papauté (fr) m
• Galician: papado (gl) m, pontificado m
• Hungarian: pápaság (hu)
• Italian: papato (it) m
• Maori: popitanga
• Norman: papaûté f
• Occitan: papat m, papautat m, pontificat m
• Polish: papiestwo (pl) n, tiara (pl) f, tron Piotrowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: papado (pt) m
• Romagnol: papêt m
• Russian: па́пство (ru) n (pápstvo)
• Spanish: papado (es) m
• Swedish: påvedöme (sv) n

the period

• Armenian: պապություն (hy) (paputʻyun)
• Catalan: papat (ca) m, pontificat m
• Galician: papado (gl) m, pontificado m
• Hungarian: pápaság (hu)
• Italian: pontificato (it) m
• Maori: popitanga
• Norman: papaûté f
• Polish: pontyfikat (pl) m
• Portuguese: papado (pt) m
• Romagnol: papêt m
• Russian: па́пство (ru) n (pápstvo)
• Spanish: papado (es) m

See also

• Roman Catholicism