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Polish
Etymology
From papież + -nica. First attested in 1571, but in common usage only as of 1814.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: pa‧pież‧ni‧ca
Noun
papieżnica f
- (obsolete, rare, Roman Catholicism) female equivalent of papież (“papess, popess”) (hypothetical female pope)
- Synonym: papieżyca
- (Middle Polish, hapax) female equivalent of papieżnik (“papist; Catholic”)
- Synonym: papistka
Declension
References
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “papieżnica”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- ^ Feliks Bentkowski (1814) Historya literatury polskiey wystawiona w spisie dzieł drukiem ogłoszonych (in Polish), volume 2, page 785
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