papacy
31papacy — /ˈpeɪpəsi / (say paypuhsee) noun (plural papacies) 1. the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope. 2. the system of ecclesiastical government in which the pope is recognised as the supreme head. 3. the time during which a pope is in office.… …
32papacy — see POPE …
33papacy — n. (pl. ies) 1 a pope s office or tenure. 2 the papal system. Etymology: ME f. med.L papatia f. papa pope …
34papacy, the — Папство …
35papacy, the — [ˈpeɪpəsi] noun [singular] the position of being the POPE …
36History of the Papacy — The History of the Papacy is the history of both the spiritual role and the temporal role over a timespan of almost 2,000 years from the arrival of Peter in Rome to the present day. The office of the Pope is called the Papacy. In addition to his… …
37Avignon Papacy — In the history of the Roman Catholic Church, the Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1377 during which seven popes, all French, resided in Avignon, France: *Pope Clement V: 1305 ndash;1314 *Pope John XXII: 1316 ndash;1334 *Pope Benedict… …
38Ostrogothic Papacy — Pope Symmachus s (498 514) triumph over Antipope Laurentius is the first recorded example of simony in papal history. The Ostrogothic Papacy was a period from 493 to 537 where the papacy was strongly influenced by the Ostrogothic Kingdom, if the… …
39Frankish Papacy — The Donation of Pepin (756): Pepin the Short grants the territories of Ravenna to Pope Stephen II From 756 to 857, the papacy shifted from the orbit of the Byzantine Empire to the that of the kings of the Franks. Pepin the Short (ruled 751–768),… …
40Orvieto Papacy — The papal palace of Orvieto Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, was the refuge of five popes during the 13th century: Pope Urban IV (1261 1264), Pope Gregory X (1271 1276), Pope Martin IV (1284 1285), Pope Nicholas IV (1288 1292), Pope Boniface VIII (1294… …
