papacy

English Thesaurus

1. the government of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.group)

hypernym	:	authorities, government, regime,
definition	:	the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (noun.group)

member holonym	:	bishop of rome, catholic pope, holy father, pontiff, pope, roman catholic pope, vicar of christ,
definition	:	the head of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)

derivation	:	pontificate,
definition	:	administer a pontifical office (verb.social)

derivation	:	pontificate,
definition	:	administer a pontifical office (verb.social)