- the papacy[singular]
the position or the authority of the Pope Topics Religion and festivalsc2教皇的职位(或权力) - [countable, usually singular]
the period of time when a particular Pope is in power (某教皇)在位期 during the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI 在教皇本笃十六世担任教皇期间
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin papatia, from papa ‘pope’.