papable
/ˈpeɪpəbl/adjective
Eligible or suitable to be elected to the papacy; = papabile.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Wotton (1568–1639), diplomat and writer. From Middle French, French papable from pape + -able, after Italian papabile. Compare post-classical Latin papabilis, also papabilitas papacy.
- the body beautiful
- the Book of Psalms
- the Books of the Maccabees
- the boot (or shoe) is on the other foot
- the Border
- the Borders
- the bottom falls (or drops) out
- the Bourse
- the boy (or girl) next door
- the brass ring
- the bread of life
- the breath of life
- the buck stops here (or with someone)
- the Burse
- theca
- theca folliculi
- the Cairngorms
- the call of nature
- the calm before the storm
- the Canaries
- the cane
- the Cape
- the Capitol
- the Carolines
- the Carpathians