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popedom - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun noun
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noun jurisdiction of the pope.noun dignity of the pope; papal dignity.
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Some ancient writers affirm Alphaeus did a great work in Spain, others in Britain and Ireland before returning to Jerusalem where he had a popedom over the whole Christian Church.
Bible ��� All the Apostles of the 2008
This also is granted, so he do it in his own dominions, or in the dominions of any other prince that hath given him that power; but not universally, in right of the popedom : for that power belongeth to every Christian sovereign, within the bounds of his own empire, and is inseparable from the sovereignty.
Leviathan 2007
A whole popedom of forms, one pulsation of virtue can uplift and vivify.
An Address 2006
Pray inform yourself thoroughly of the history of the popes and the popedom ; which, for many centuries, is interwoven with the history of all Europe.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
Sixtus the Fifth was the son of a swineherd, and raised himself to the popedom by his abilities: he was a great knave, but an able and singular one.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
Gregory the Seventh's wildest dream of a universal popedom is more than fulfilled in him.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Various
In the thirteenth century, the popedom was at the summit of mortal dominion; it was independent of all kingdoms; it ruled with a rank of influence never before or since possessed by a human sceptre; it was the acknowledged sovereign of body and soul; to all earthly intents its power was immeasurable for good or evil.
Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe
Such was the inquisition, declared by the Spirit of God to be at once the offspring and the _image_ of the popedom .
Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe
So step by step he finally became elevated to the high dignity of the popedom .
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather
But surely the crimes of popedom and the evils of monachism, that thing of dry bones and fabricated relics, are bad enough; and the protestant cause is sufficiently holy, that we may afford to be honest if we cannot to be generous.
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather
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