papal
adjective
pa·pal
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Definition of papal
: of or relating to a pope or to the Roman Catholic Church
also
: resembling a pope or that of a pope
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Other Words from papal
papally
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adverb
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adverb
Examples of papal in a Sentence
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The past legacy, present climate, and future impact of the Catholic Church is at stake in the first trailer for City of God filmmaker Fernando Meirelles’ papal drama The Two Popes. — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, "Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce launch papal feud in The Two Popes trailer," 29 Aug. 2019 Thomas Pitkerro, a Scottish proctor, has come to England from the papal court at Avignon to carry out a survey of the abbey at Malmesbury. — The Economist, "Love in the time of the Black Death," 29 Aug. 2019 Despite the restaurant upstairs and doorman below, this feels like having your very own living space overlooking medieval San Teodoro and the Palatine Hill—a privileged, secret location amid the ruins and rooftops of imperial and papal Rome. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "These 6 European Apartments Are Basically Private Design Hotels," 23 Aug. 2019 Since opening in June 1923, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has hosted two Olympics (with a third on the way), two Super Bowls (including the first), a World Series, a 50-car jump by Evel Knievel, a papal Mass and visits by three presidents. — latimes.com, "Today: Six Things to Know About That Secret Memo," 30 Jan. 2018 The high rate of papal turnover could be attributed to both political intrigue and government instability. — National Geographic, "In 897, the corpse of a pope was exhumed—to be put on trial.," 20 Aug. 2019 No visit is complete without a stop at the Villa Rotonda, which was commissioned in 1566 by former papal assistant Paolo Almerico and sits about a mile and a half southeast of Vicenza’s train station. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "Escape Venice’s tourist crush with a trip to Vicenza, home of great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio," 30 July 2019 As Mass site chair for the 1987 visit by Pope St. John Paul II to San Antonio, Garcia helped secure and plan logistics for a papal Mass attended by more than 350,000 people on the city’s western outskirts. — Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, "Father David’s role grew from San Antonio parish priest to major community leader," 8 July 2019 The Pope Fernando Meirelles’ papal drama has awards-season potential written all-over it. — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, "Venice Film Fest: 20 Projects on the Short List," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'papal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for papal
papal
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of papal
: of or relating to the pope or the government of the Roman Catholic Church
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