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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPapacy
/ˈpeɪpəsi/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The office or authority of the Pope.
"Historians study the political influence of the papacy during the Middle Ages."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Late Latin papatia, from papa ('pope'), influenced by medieval Latin -atia '-acy'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Papacy" is said worldwide
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papauté
Transliteration: papauté
"La papauté a joué un rôle majeur dans l'histoire européenne."
Papsttum
Transliteration: Papsttum
"Das Papsttum prägte die Geschichte des Mittelalters."
papato
Transliteration: papato
"Il papato deteneva un grande potere temporale."
papado
Transliteration: papado
"El papado es la institución que encabeza la Iglesia católica."
papado
Transliteration: papado
"O papado influenciou profundamente a política europeia."
पोप पद
Transliteration: pop pad
"इतिहास में पोप पद का बहुत महत्व रहा है।"
罗马教皇职位
Transliteration: luómǎ jiàohuáng zhíwèi
"教皇职位在中世纪具有巨大的政治影响力。"
교황직
Transliteration: gyohwangjik
"중세 시대 동안 교황직은 강력한 권력을 행사했습니다."
教皇制
Transliteration: kyōkōsei
"教皇制は中世ヨーロッパにおいて重要な役割を果たした。"
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