During the Renaissance, the seat of the Papacy moved briefly to Avignon before moving back to Rome.
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Papacy
//ˈpeɪ.pə.si//
Synonyms for "papacy" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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3 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- պապականություն noun (the office)
- պապություն noun (the office)
- պապություն noun (the period)
Catalan
4 entries- papat noun (the office)
- papat noun (the period)
- pontificat noun (the office)
- pontificat noun (the period)
Danish
1 entries- pavedømme noun (the office)
Dutch
4 entries- pausdom noun (the office)
- pausdom noun (the period)
- pontificaat noun (the office)
- pontificaat noun (the period)
French
1 entries- papauté noun (the office)
Galician
4 entries- papado noun (the office)
- papado noun (the period)
- pontificado noun (the office)
- pontificado noun (the period)
German
2 entries- Papstamt noun (the office)
- Pontifikat noun (the period)
Greek
1 entries- παπισμός noun (the office)
Hungarian
2 entries- pápaság noun (the office)
- pápaság noun (the period)
Italian
2 entries- papato noun (the office)
- pontificato noun (the period)
Latin
1 entries- pāpātia noun (the office)
Māori
2 entries- popitanga noun (the office)
- popitanga noun (the period)
Norman
2 entries- papaûté noun (the office)
- papaûté noun (the period)
Norwegian
1 entries- pavedømme noun (the office)
Occitan
3 entries- papat noun (the office)
- papautat noun (the office)
- pontificat noun (the office)
Polish
4 entries- papiestwo noun (the office)
- pontyfikat noun (the period)
- tiara noun (the office)
- tron Piotrowy noun (the office)
Portuguese
2 entries- papado noun (the office)
- papado noun (the period)
Romagnol
2 entries- papêt noun (the office)
- papêt noun (the period)
Russian
2 entries- па́пство noun (the office)
- па́пство noun (the period)
Spanish
2 entries- papado noun (the office)
- papado noun (the period)
Swedish
1 entries- påvedöme noun (the office)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The papacy isn't know for leniency.
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The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.
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The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.
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