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Definitions of papal
  1. adjective
    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
    "papal dispensation"
Definition that contains papal
  • bruno German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
  • pepin king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768)
  • bulla the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull
  • pardoner a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
  • ultramontane a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
  • holy roman empire a political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in 962 and lasted until 1806 when it was dissolved by Napoleon
  • clement xi Italian pope from 1700 to 1721 who condemned Jansenist ideas on papal infallibility
  • errancy (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility
  • leo ix German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
  • pepin the short king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768)
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