popedom

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An American so intrepid as to make himself eligible for both offices would be unlikely to “give up his popedom for our presidency.”

From Slate • May 9, 2025

No other country in popedom was at that time more deeply imbued with disaffection of the doctrines and worship of the Church of Rome.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The state of the Church, its affairs and development, are the subject-matter of all these writings, but not one of them reveals the popedom of Peter.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)

Clement VII. had now, however, succeeded to the popedom.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

And then the popedom, is it worth The price that must be given?--

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur