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Penitentiaryship :: Penitentiaryship (n.) The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.

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..

Ragman :: Ragman (n.) A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull..

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..

Papalize :: Papalize (v. i.) To conform to popery.

Infallible :: Infallible (a.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility..

Bullantic :: Bullantic (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls..

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..

Vaticanism :: Vaticanism (n.) The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.

Popedom :: Popedom (n.) The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity..

Paparchy :: Paparchy (n.) Government by a pope; papal rule.

Bullary :: Bullary (n.) A collection of papal bulls.

Gallicanism :: Gallicanism (n.) The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church..

Papalty :: Papalty (n.) The papacy.

See :: See (n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome..

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..

Vaticanist :: Vaticanist (n.) One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.

Apostolical :: Apostolical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.

Papally :: Papally (adv.) In a papal manner; popishl.

Provisor :: Provisor (n.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6..

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