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Definition of "papal" []

  • Of, relating to, or issued by a pope: the papal succession; a papal bull. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "papal" in a sentence
  • "(Pius XI seated upon the papal throne in papal mantum, with Cardinal deacons in cappa on either side)"
  • "Why should we rely on anti-LT Catholics when we wouldn't dream, for example, of asking Protestants to explain papal infallibility?"
  • "I would later learn that my ideas about social justice, better articulated and without my errors, appear in papal encyclicals."