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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F., fr. L.

papa

bishop. See

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.

Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.

“Papal Christians.”

Bp. Burnet.

Papal cross

See Illust. 3 of

–

Papal crown

the tiara.

Adj.

Belonging to the pope or pontiff of Rome; popish; as papal authority; the papal chair.

Proceeding from the pope; as a papal license or indulgence; a papal edict.

Annexed to the bishopric of Rome.