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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

papato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: papato

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Papacy/ˈpeɪ.pə.si/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il papato deteneva un grande potere temporale."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The office or authority of the Pope.

    "Historians study the political influence of the papacy during the Middle Ages."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Medieval Latin papalitas, based on Latin papa (meaning pope, father), which traces back to Greek pappas. The term evolved during the Middle Ages to denote the office, jurisdiction, and dignity of the Pope of Rome.

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