喜樂美語
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    The papacy is the position, or office, of the Pope — the head of the Roman Catholic Church. It's also used for the time someone holds that position: 'during his papacy' means during the years he was Pope. You'll mostly meet this word in history, religion, and news writing.

    教皇制度；教皇任期

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成papa (pope, an old word for 'father') + -cy (a suffix meaning 'the office or state of,' as in 'presidency')

同家族的字

  • popethe person who holds this office
  • papalthe adjective form, as in 'a papal visit'

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

papacynoun/ˈpeɪ.pə.si/

  • 1

    The office of a pope.

  • 2

    The office of a pope.

    • The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.
  • 3

    The period of a particular pope's reign.

    • The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.
  • 4

    derogatoryRoman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。