popedom

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To the ambitious it was the portal to bishoprics, and, after the monk St. Gregory, not unfrequently to the Popedom.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

"The Popedom is the true Apostolate, the Pope is the successor of the Apostles, particularly of St. Peter."

From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry

It seems now to have become the late reward of veteran merit—the Popedom of poetry.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

But Luther now unburdened his heart with redoubled energy and passion against the Pope and the Popedom, of which no mention had been made in the draft.

From Life of Luther by Koestlin, Julius

The phrase was considered as giving a highly favorable aspect to his political prospects; for, as is likewise the case with the Popedom, nobody ever becomes president without taking a name other than his own.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales by Patten, William