Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-pal-ist
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Supporting papal authority; supporting papalism or hierocracy.

noun

A supporter of papal authority; (Middle Ages) a hierocrat.

noun

A papist (Roman Catholic).

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The Summa de potestate ecclesiastica of Augustinus was reprinted in 1582 and again during each of the next three years, and it became a standard repository of papalist arguments. The pope, Augustinus had argued, has immediate power of jurisdiction over temporal as well as spiritual things […]"

Etymology

From papal + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: papal

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

more papalist (comparative) most papalist (superlative) papalists (plural)

Questions

What does papalist mean?: Supporting papal authority; supporting papalism or hierocracy.
Where does papalist come from?: From papal + -ist.

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