papacy

名词 n.
发音 pāʹ-pə-sē

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The office of a pope. countable,uncountable
  2. The office of a pope.; The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church. countable,uncountable,usually
    — The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.
  3. The period of a particular pope's reign. countable,uncountable
    — The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.
  4. Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery. countable,derogatory,often,uncountable

词形变化

papacies plural

词汇关系

词源

Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).
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