popedom

Example Sentences

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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

And in a considerable degree their distinctions, such as they are, and their temporal prospects, are bound up with the popedom.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe

The position known in history as "the divine right of kings" may be best described as a political popedom.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

This year also died Pope Paschalis; and John of Gaeta succeeded to the popedom, whose other name was Gelasius.

From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Ingram, J. H. (James Henry)

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 Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)