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PAPAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
Example:
papal dispensation
Synonyms:
apostolic; apostolical; papal; pontifical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
pope (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)
Derivation:
pope (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)
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