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Webster 1913 Edition
Papacy
1.
The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.
2.
The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.
3.
The Roman Catholic religion; – commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.
Webster 1828 Edition
Papacy
PA'PACY
, n.1.
The office and dignity of the pope or bishop of Rome; popedom.2.
Papal authority.