papacy

English

Etymology

Circa 14th century, from Medieval Latin papatia, from Latin papa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).

Noun

papacy (plural papacies)

The office of the pope.
The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.
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.

Related terms

Translations

the office

Armenian: պապականություն (hy) (papakanutʿyun), պապություն (hy) (paputʿyun)
Catalan: papat (ca) m, pontificat m
French: papauté (fr) m
Galician: papado m, pontificado m
Hungarian: pápaság (hu)
Italian: papato m
Maori: popitanga

Norman: papaûté f
Occitan: papat m, papautat m, pontificat m
Portuguese: papado m
Russian: па́пство (ru) n (pápstvo)
Spanish: papado (es) m
Swedish: påvedöme n

the period

Armenian: պապություն (hy) (paputʿyun)
Catalan: papat (ca) m, pontificat m
Galician: papado m, pontificado m
Hungarian: pápaság (hu)
Italian: pontificato (it) m

Maori: popitanga
Norman: papaûté f
Portuguese: papado m
Russian: па́пство (ru) n (pápstvo)
Spanish: papado (es) m

See also

Roman Catholicism

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