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Papacy vs Papality - What's the difference?

papacy | papality |

As nouns the difference between papacy and papality

is that papacy is the office of the pope while papality is the papacy.

papacy

English

Noun

(papacies)
  • The office of the pope.
    • The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.
  • The period of a particular pope's reign.
    • The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.

    Related terms

    * papal * papist * pope * popish

    See also

    * Roman Catholicism English terms derived from Latin English words suffixed with -cy

    papality

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) The papacy.
    • (Milton)
  • (obsolete) A papal doctrine.
    • (Webster 1913)