Synonyms for papal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pey-puh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ pəl

Définition of papal

Origin : late 14c., from Old French papal (late 14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin papalis "pertaining to the pope," from papa (see pope).

adj pertaining to the pope

Example sentences :

He enjoys the privileges of a papal offspring, and there is no sanctuary he will respect.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

Now, Cesare, being a duke, resents a cousin's being a papal legate.
Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini

Matters were at this stage when Alexander VI ascended the papal throne.
Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini

The English people are waiting for their turn while Papal behests are executed.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

Britannia is the humble, obedient servant of Papal Hibernia.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

The Papal hierarchy and their subordinates are resolved to be supreme.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

Let it not be thought that the papal party were worse than the other.
Extract from : « History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. » by James Anthony Froude

Some argued that no papal dispensation could authorize or justify such a marriage.
Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott

So much for papal infallibility; what one condemns the other approves.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

In the meantime he received the news of the papal absolution.
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

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