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# papal

«papal» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with the Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (papal)

### meaning for a pupil

(church) Papal means to do with the Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In religion and history lessons: papal visits, the papal palace, papal letters, papal authority. It tells the reader something belongs to or comes from the Pope.

### examples

- Crowds gathered to see the papal visit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/#x1)
- The papal flag is yellow and white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/#x2)
- The Vatican holds the papal palace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/#x3)
- The papal letter was read in all the churches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/#x4)
- In history, papal power was very great in Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/#x5)
- The papal car is sometimes called the Popemobile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/#x6)
- They came from Rome with a papal decree--a ban, or bull, against the widow who had dared to offend the pious bishop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/#x7)

### note

Said PAY-pul. From Latin «papa» (father). Related: Pope, papacy (the Pope's office). Trap: do not confuse with «paper».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «papal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.