papal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the pope, the papacy, or the pope's authority

   The papal envoy delivered a formal message to the council.

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Simplified etymology

Papal is recorded from late Middle English and comes from the same root as pope, ultimately ecclesiastical Greek papas, meaning “bishop” or “patriarch,” a variant of Greek pappas, “father.”

From Middle English papal, through Old French papal, from Medieval Latin papalis, 'of the pope,' formed from papa, 'pope.' Papa ultimately came from a Greek and Latin familiar word for father and became an ecclesiastical title.

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