Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: papal
IPA transcription: [p'eɪpəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical
    Meaning: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
Usage examples
  • He is two years older than I, and is an officer in the papal army."
  • But this circumstance, though it weakened the papal authority, had not so great an effect as might naturally be imagined.
  • "Whoever shall refuse," said he, "to enter into my new sheepfold shall be destroyed by the papal armies, of whom God has predestined me to be the chief.
  • He who for so long a time had forgotten God, began to think that miracles were possible--that the accursed cavern might be discovered by the officers of the Papal States, who would release him; that then he would have 50,000 remaining, which would be sufficient to save him from starvation; and finally he prayed that this sum might be preserved to him, and as he prayed he wept.