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PAPAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does papal mean?
• PAPAL (adjective)
The adjective PAPAL has 1 sense:
1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
Familiarity information: PAPAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
apostolic; apostolical; papal; pontifical
Context example:
papal dispensation
Pertainym:
pope (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)
Derivation:
pope (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)
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