papacy
pa·pacy
noun
1.
the government of the Roman Catholic Church
Origin
Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).
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