Hypertext Webster Gateway: "papal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Papal \Pa"pal\, a. [F., fr. L. papa bishop. See {Papacy}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the
pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal
jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction.
--Milman.
2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church. ``Papal
Christians.'' --Bp. Burnet.
{Papal cross}. See Illust. 3 of {Cross}.
{Papal crown}, the tiara.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
papal
adj : proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the
papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles;
"papal dispensation" [syn: {apostolic}]
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