'Papal' definitions:
Definition of 'papal'
From: WordNet
adjective
Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation" [syn: papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical]
Definition of 'Papal'
From: GCIDE
- Papal \Pa"pal\, a. [F., fr. L. papa bishop. See Papacy.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church. "Papal Christians." --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- Papal cross. See Illust. 3 of Cross.
- Papal crown, the tiara. [1913 Webster]