papalism

[ pey-puh-liz-uhm ]

noun

1. the papal system.

Other Words From

• papal·ist adjective noun
• papal·istic adjective
• anti·papal·ist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of papalism¹

First recorded in 1865–70; papal + -ism

Example Sentences

As it was said in a capital sentence at Paris, in 1794, that the condemned man was “suspected of being suspected of deficient sense of citizenship,” so must it be said of the Benedictines here that they “are suspected of being suspected of a deficient sense of Papalism.”

From Project Gutenberg

As such it is distinguished on the one hand from Presbyterianism, government by elders, and Congregationalism, in which the individual church or community of worshippers is autonomous, and on the other from Papalism.

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Of these the latter, who separated from the Roman communion after the promulgation of the dogma of papal infallibility, represent a pure revolt of the system of Episcopacy against that of Papalism.

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Mary was determined from the first to restore papalism as well as Catholicism, but she had to go slowly.

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It is amusing to find Anglicans so disturbed by the "doctrinal errors" of the Roman Catholic Church, when Anglicanism tolerates in its fold every form of belief and disbelief from Papalism to Marxism, not only among lay folk but even among prominent clergymen .

From Time Magazine Archive