单词 | papable |
释义 | papableadj. Eligible or suitable to be elected to the papacy; = papabile adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [adjective] > possible papable1592 papabile1877 1592 H. Wotton Let. 28 Dec. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 707 By the Death of the other two, the Conclave hath received little alteration; though Mondovio were papable, and a great Soggetto in the List of the Foresters. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 282 Cardinals, antient and Papable. 1785 H. Walpole Let. 8 Apr. in Corr. (1971) IX. 572 He had better have bought one of the Pope's hats; and then at least he would have been papable. 1900 Speaker 17 Feb. 538/2 The Cardinal, a man of worth and papable..esteemed Crashaw. 1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 28 Sept. a13 The shortlist of papable candidates includes two whose ‘psychological profiles’ meet the requirements for a Pope who will listen first, command later. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592 |
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