papallyadv.
/ˈpeɪpl̩i/, /ˈpeɪpəli/, U.S. /ˈpeɪpəli/ In a papal manner; by the Pope; from a papal point of view.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [adverb]
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1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 68 It reigned then Imperially: it reigneth now Papally.
1717 W. Kennett 3rd Let. upon Bp. Merks 41 He [sc. Thomas Arundel] had been papally depriv'd, and translated to another See Archiepiscopal.
1870 Times 24 Feb. 9/6 A member of the Episcopal Chapter there, who is apparently more Papally inclined than his own Bishop, has been commissioned by the Vatican to [etc.].
1901 F. W. Maitland Rede Lect. 25 Very rarely do we see elsewhere the academic teaching of any law that is not Roman: imperially or papally Roman.
1942 Eng. Hist. Rev. 57 209 The militant Henry Despenser, who had been papally provided to the see of Norwich on 3 April 1370.
1991 M. Dibdin Dirty Tricks (BNC) 113 We were even using the papally approved contraceptive method, only in reverse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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