papalist

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adjective

Supporting papal authority; supporting papalism or hierocracy.

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Meanings

adjectivepapalist (comparative more papalist, superlative most papalist)

comparative more papalist · superlative most papalist

  1. historicalSupporting papal authority; supporting papalism or hierocracy.

    The Summa de potestate ecclesiastica of Augustinus was reprinted in 1582 and again during each of the next three years, and it became a standard repository of papalist arguments. The pope, Augustinus had argued, has immediate power of jurisdiction over temporal as well as spiritual things […]

    1968, William J. Bouwsma, Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of Counter Reformation, page 312
nounpapalist (plural papalists)

plural papalists

  1. historicalA supporter of papal authority; (Middle Ages) a hierocrat.
  2. derogatoryrareA papist (Roman Catholic).

Origin

From papal + -ist.

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APA

papalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papalist

MLA

“papalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “papalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papalist.

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