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adj. Of, relating to, or issued by a pope: the papal succession; a papal bull.

adj. Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

adj. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

adj. Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope

adj. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.

Of or relating to the Pope in his official capacity, or the papacy.

adj. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

"I would later learn that my ideas about social justice, better articulated and without my errors, appear in papal encyclicals."

papal cross    papal crown   

papacy    pope   

pontifical    apostolic    papistic    papistical    papish   

capel    caple    maple    staple   

imperial    ecclesiastical    priestly    parliamentary    territorial    federal    pontifical    ducal    episcopal    feudal