Pontificality
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pontificality is a noun meaning The state and government of the pope; the papacy.
Meaning
The state and government of the pope; the papacy.
Example Sentences
Charles the fifth , emperor , who was accounted one of the Pope's best sons , yet proceeded in matter temporal towards Pope Clement with strange rigour : never regarding the pontificality , but kept him prisoner thirteen months[…]
Word Forms
- pontificalities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include popeship, catholicity, catholicism, piousness, episcopality, popishness.
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