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papal

adj
/ˈpeɪpəl/

Etymology

From Middle English papal, from Old French papal and Medieval Latin pāpālis (“papal”).

  1. derived from pāpālis
  2. derived from papal
  3. inherited from papal

Definitions

  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

    • In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at papal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at papal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at papal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA