† ˈpapane, a. and n. Obs. rare.
[f. L. pāpa pope, after L. type *pāpānus: see -an, -ane.]
= papal a. and n.
| 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 20 Although the same doth not acknowledge your Papane principalitie. Ibid. 476 Peruse throughly this whole Papane. |