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papable
[ pey-puh-buhl ]
/ ˈpeɪ pə bəl /
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adjective
suitable or likely to become pope.
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OTHER WORDS FROM papable
pa·pa·bil·i·ty, nounWords nearby papable
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How to use papable in a sentence
It's a sweltering hot day in London today, a real British heat wave with no a/c, and the Jubilee enthusiasm is papable.
These wants, papable as they are in times of peace, become doubly pressing in time of war.
Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post|Thomas RaineyThe threat was too papable to be mistaken, nor was he sufficiently conversant with the world of policy to detect its fallacy.
Roland Cashel|Charles James Lever