Church and Papacy

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Church noun - A building for public worship and especially Christian worship.

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Papacy and church are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Papacy" instead a noun "Church".

Nearby Words: churchyard, churchy, churched, churching

Papacy noun - The government of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Church and papacy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Church" instead a noun "Papacy".

People were already rejoicing that the papacy and the church had come to an end.

Source: Useful Notes / The Papal States
The Kingsley Amis novella The Alteration is set in an Alternate History timeline where the Catholic Church and the Papacy retains its political power and influence (the Reformation never happened and since Prince Arthur Tudor produced an heir, the English reformation didn't happen either).

Source: Useful Notes / The Pope
They now also took upon themselves the protection of the papacy and the States of the Church, as well as of the canonical election of the pope.

Source: Useful Notes / The Papal States

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