Definition of papa

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Papa (n.) A parish priest in the Greek Church.

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Penitentiaryship :: Penitentiaryship (n.) The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
Papalize :: Papalize (v. t.) To make papal.
Babylonish :: Babylonish (n.) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
Pontificial :: Pontificial (a.) Papal; pontifical.
Papality :: Papality (n.) The papacy.
Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form..
Papal :: Papal (a.) 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..
Bullist :: Bullist (n.) A writer or drawer up of papal bulls.
Pa :: Pa (n.) A shortened form of Papa.
Bullary :: Bullary (n.) A collection of papal bulls.
Papalist :: Papalist (n.) A papist.
Tiara :: Tiara (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity..
Monsignore :: Monsignore (n.) My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.).
Papaveraceous :: Papaveraceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples..
Papaverine :: Papaverine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
Ultramontanism :: Ultramontanism (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism..
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..
Camerlingo :: Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.
Vaticanist :: Vaticanist (n.) One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.
Pontific :: Pontific (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope; papal.
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