popedom noun. ['pǝʊpdǝm] LOE.
[from POPE noun¹ + -DOM.]
1. The office, position, or dignity of the Pope; the tenure of office of a pope; = PAPACY 1. LOE.
b. transf. & fig. A position of supreme authority in any religious system or (iron.) in other contexts. L16.

2. a. An ecclesiastical polity resembling the papacy. LOE.
b. The papal government, esp. as a European State; = PAPACY 2. M17.

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