pontificality

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noun

The state and government of the pope; the papacy.

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Meanings

nounpontificality (plural pontificalities)

plural pontificalities

  1. The state and government of the pope; the papacy.

    Charles the fifth , emperor , who was accounted one of the Pope's best sons , yet proceeded in matter temporal towards Pope Clement with strange rigour : never regarding the pontificality , but kept him prisoner thirteen months[…]

    c. 1614, Francis Bacon, The Charge Against William Talbot

Origin

From pontifical + -ity.

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pontificality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontificality

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“pontificality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pontificality. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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