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papal

[ pey-puhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the pope or the papacy:

    a papal visit to Canada.

  2. of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.


papal

/ ˈɪə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the pope or the papacy
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ貹貹, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 貹p· adverb
  • t·貹p adjective
  • ԴDz·貹p adjective
  • d·貹p adjective
  • ܲ·貹p adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of papal1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word . See pope, -al 1
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Popes wield such power that they can speak ex cathedra — literally, from the papal throne — to make infallible pronouncements on morality that the faithful must obey.

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The 88-year-old prayed on Saturday morning in the chapel of the papal suite at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he is being treated.

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Disorienting shots of competing papal candidates add urgency to the reveal of election results, while an accusatory confrontation between two cardinals is punctuated by the anachronistic reveal of an espresso machine.

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It’s going to lose to the airport novel papal potboiler?

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And yet it’s a very real possibility after the crowd-pleasing papal potboiler won the SAG Awards’ ensemble prize Sunday night.

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