popelessadj.
/ˈpəʊpləs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊpləs/ Lacking a pope, without a pope.
ΚΠ
1868 W. C. Cartwright Papal Conclaves 57 At present the peace of the Popeless city is left entirely to the care of Monsignor Governatore.
1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. xix. 518 He might become a Catholic after the manner of Henry VIII, and enforce a popeless Catholicism.
1977 Church Times 18 Feb. 10/5 After months of wrangling the Church settled down into a Popeless interregnum.
2002 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 29 Dec. g4 When people ask why I do not go in search of a popeless church, I answer sincerely that I want the papacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1868- microproof
- micropropagate
- micropropagated
- micropropagation
- micropsia
- micropsy
- micropsychy
- micropterism
- micropterous
- micropterygious
- microptic
- micropublication
- micropublish
- micropublished
- micropublisher
- micropublishers
- micropublishing
- micropublishings
- micropulsation
- micropulsations
- micropulverization
- micropulverize
- micropuncture
- micropunctures
- micropylar