papable
[pey-puh-buh l]
- suitable or likely to become pope.
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Origin of papable
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Examples from the Web for papable
Contemporary Examples
It's a sweltering hot day in London today, a real British heat wave with no a/c, and the Jubilee enthusiasm is papable.
Historical Examples
The threat was too papable to be mistaken, nor was he sufficiently conversant with the world of policy to detect its fallacy.
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
These wants, papable as they are in times of peace, become doubly pressing in time of war.
Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean PostThomas Rainey