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Papess vs Papers - What's the difference?

papess | papers |

As nouns the difference between papess and papers

is that papess is a female pope, i.e. the fictitious Pope Joan while papers is plural of lang=en.

As a verb papers is

third-person singular of paper.

papess

English

Noun

(es)
  • (obsolete) A female pope, i.e. the fictitious (Pope Joan).
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • Was the history of that their monstrous Papess of our making?

    Synonyms

    * popess

    papers

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • .
  • (plural only) Official documents or identification, as a passport.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Brian Hayes , title=Father of Fractals , volume=101, issue=1, page=62 , magazine= citation , passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers ; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
    He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (paper)

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