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popedom

/pohp-duhm/US // ˈpoʊp dəm //UK // (ˈpəʊpdəm) //

人民,人民币,人民公社,人民群众

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the office or dignity of a pope.
    • : the tenure of office of a pope.
    • : the papal government.

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Examples

  • During his popedom he kept a brazen head, which he regularly consulted concerning diabolical subjects.

  • The pope should be ready to renounce the popedom, and all his wealth, and all his honours, if he could thereby save a single soul.

  • Any other reader may find allusions to the supremacy of the popedom over these early Christian communities, if he can.

  • But in all Popedom the office now is but a mere name, to the sin and shame of the entire Christian Church.

  • There can be no doubt that the popedom, if it did not give birth to the movement, at least set the example.