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Definition of "popedom" [pope•dom]

  • The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a pope; the papacy. (noun)

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 "popedom" in a sentence
  • "Some ancient writers affirm Alphaeus did a great work in Spain, others in Britain and Ireland before returning to Jerusalem where he had a popedom over the whole Christian Church."
  • "This also is granted, so he do it in his own dominions, or in the dominions of any other prince that hath given him that power; but not universally, in right of the popedom: for that power belongeth to every Christian sovereign, within the bounds of his own empire, and is inseparable from the sovereignty."
  • "A whole popedom of forms, one pulsation of virtue can uplift and vivify."