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Vaticanist :: Vaticanist (n.) One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.

Pontifical :: Pontifical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal..

Babylonish :: Babylonish (n.) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.

Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form..

See :: See (n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome..

Bullary :: Bullary (n.) A collection of papal bulls.

Provisor :: Provisor (n.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6..

Pontific :: Pontific (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope; papal.

Antipapal :: Antipapal (a.) Opposed to the pope or to popery.

Pontificial :: Pontificial (a.) Papal; pontifical.

Ultramontanism :: Ultramontanism (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism..

Camerlingo :: Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

Bulla :: Bulla (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it..

Infallibilist :: Infallibilist (n.) One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility.

Popedom :: Popedom (n.) The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity..

Papalist :: Papalist (n.) A papist.

Paparchy :: Paparchy (n.) Government by a pope; papal rule.

Vaticanism :: Vaticanism (n.) The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.

Papalty :: Papalty (n.) The papacy.

Papacy :: Papacy (n.) The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction..

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