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popedom

[pohp-duhm] / ˈpoʊp dəm /


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An American so intrepid as to make himself eligible for both offices would be unlikely to “give up his popedom for our presidency.”

From Slate ● May 9, 2025

Gregory the Seventh's wildest dream of a universal popedom is more than fulfilled in him.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 by Various

So step by step he finally became elevated to the high dignity of the popedom.

From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Frederick Somner Merryweather

The successor of Adrian in the popedom was a native of Sienna, and a temporal monarch as well as Adrian.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan

The state of the Church, its affairs and development, are the subject-matter of all these writings, but not one of them reveals the popedom of Peter.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau


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