noun · academic
popedom
UK/ˈpəʊp.dəm/US/ˈpoʊp.dəm/POPE·dom
Band 5-6task2speaking
the office, authority, or jurisdiction of the pope; the papal office or the body of popes
Examples
“Scholars debated the influence of the popedom during the Middle Ages.”
“The reforms challenged long-held privileges of the popedom.”
“Popedom exercised both spiritual and temporal authority in that era.”
Band 8 sentence
“Discussions of medieval governance must account for the popedom's capacity to mobilise both spiritual authority and temporal resources.”
Collocations
- the popedom of Rome
- authority of the popedom
- history of the popedom
Word family
popedom noun
Common mistakes
popehood→popedom
the Pope→popedom
Say it for a higher band
5the Pope→6papacy→7+popedom
Synonyms
papacy
Easily confused
papacy
“The papacy played a crucial role in European politics during the Renaissance.”
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