different between papacy vs papality

English

Circa 14th century, from Medieval Latin papatia, from Latin papa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).

papacy (countable and uncountable, plural papacies)

The office of the pope.
The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.
The period of a particular pope's reign.
The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.
Roman Catholicism generally.

Latin papalitas: compare French papauté.

papality (usually uncountable, plural papalities)

(obsolete) The papacy.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Lord Berners to this entry?)
(obsolete) A papal doctrine.

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