papess
English
Noun
papess (plural papesses)
- (obsolete) A female pope, i.e. the fictitious Pope Joan.
- 1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy:
- Was the history of that their monstrous Papess of our making?
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References
- “papess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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