† ˈpapalty Obs.
[a. OF. papalté, papaulte (a 1550 Calvin in Godef. Compl.), mod.F. papauté, f. papal after royalté, royauté.]
= papality.
| 1577 F. de Lisle's Legendarie C viij b, Through whose aide he might conquere the Papaltye for him selfe. 1641 Milton Reform. ii. (1851) 42 To uphold the decrepit Papalty. 1859 J. C. Hobhouse Italy II. 239 The Papalty, like the Ottoman Empire in Europe, subsists by sufferance. |