popedom

Example Sentences

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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

The Bishop of Marseilles represented the great chamberlain, who holds the supreme authority during the vacancy of the popedom.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

This year also died Pope Paschalis; and John of Gaeta succeeded to the popedom, whose other name was Gelasius.

From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Ingram, J. H. (James Henry)

And in a considerable degree their distinctions, such as they are, and their temporal prospects, are bound up with the popedom.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe

Any other reader may find allusions to the supremacy of the popedom over these early Christian communities, if he can.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill