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Noun

1. 1
   A female pope, i.e. the fictitious Pope Joan. obsolete

   "Was the history of that their monstrous Papess of our making?"

Synonyms

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papissapopesspopess

Example

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"Was the history of that their monstrous Papess of our making?"

Etymology

French papesse.

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