1. (n.) The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome\; papal jurisdiction.

2. (n.) The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.

3. (n.) The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.

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