papality

English

Etymology

Latin papalitas: compare French papauté.

Noun

papality (usually uncountable, plural papalities)

1. (obsolete) The papacy.
   • 1646, Johann Arndt, Book of Scripture:

     the Papality and other Hereticks were much weakened

2. (obsolete) A papal doctrine.

References

• “papality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.