the papacy

noun

: the office or position of the pope

Examples of the papacy in a Sentence

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The history of the roses’ beneficiaries reflects the history of the papacy and how its influence has shifted over the centuries. — Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Like his brother, John had at first dismissed the idea of an American being elected to the papacy. — Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Particularly after Venice’s break with the papacy in the early seventeenth century, the government went to great lengths to shield judaizers from the Inquisition’s glare and recast the Ghetto as a refuge. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

From at least this point on—if not earlier, given the promulgation of the Golden Bull—the Holy Roman Empire was an explicitly German state divorced from its historical connection to the papacy. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026