popedom

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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 on the nineteenth day before the calends of January died the Pope of Rome, whose name was Calixtus, and Honorius succeeded to the popedom.

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

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

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

He even aspired to the popedom; but this greatest of all human dignities, he was not permitted to obtain.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John