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papă
pope (the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church) /ˈpa.pə/
noun#2348 most common
Also: pontiff, Holy Father
Example sentences
Papa locuiește la Vatican.
The Pope lives in the Vatican.
Papa Francisc a vizitat România în 2019.
Pope Francis visited Romania in 2019.
Fiecare papă este ales de cardinali.
Every pope is elected by the cardinals.
Vaticanul a avut mulți papi de-a lungul istoriei.
The Vatican has had many popes throughout history.
Reședința papei se află în Vatican.
The pope's residence is located in the Vatican.
Autoritatea papilor asupra bisericii catolice a fost contestată de-a lungul secolelor.
The popes' authority over the Catholic Church was challenged throughout the centuries.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | papă | papi |
| Genitive | papei | papilor |
| Accusative | papă | papi |
| Vocative | papo | papilor |
Word family
papalpapal, of the pope
papalitatethe papacy
antipapăantipope, a rival claimant to the papal office
Papathe Pope (definite, used as a title, always capitalized)
Etymology
Romanian "papă" comes from Latin "papa," a title once used for bishops and patriarchs before it narrowed to mean the Bishop of Rome. Latin borrowed the word from Greek "πάππας" (páppas), itself a child's babble word for "father." The same nursery syllable spread across many languages independently as a term of address for a father figure, which is why forms like "papa" turn up worldwide without all of them sharing one strict family tree.
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