popedom
Americannoun
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the office or dignity of a pope.
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the tenure of office of a pope.
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the papal government.
noun
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the office or dignity of a pope
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the tenure of office of a pope
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the dominion of a pope; papal government
Etymology
Origin of popedom
before 1150; Middle English pape dom; Old English pāpdōm. See pope, -dom
Example Sentences
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An American so intrepid as to make himself eligible for both offices would be unlikely to “give up his popedom for our presidency.”
From Slate ● May 9, 2025
Gregory the Seventh's wildest dream of a universal popedom is more than fulfilled in him.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 by Various
No other country in popedom was at that time more deeply imbued with disaffection of the doctrines and worship of the Church of Rome.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
"Are you the man who is to overturn the popedom?" said a soldier, accosting him rather contemptuously at a halting-place; "how will you accomplish that?"
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Any other reader may find allusions to the supremacy of the popedom over these early Christian communities, if he can.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton
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