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English
Etymology
From Latin pāpissa.
Noun
papissa (plural papissae)
- (rare) A female pope.
Synonyms
Translations
Finnish
Noun
papissa
- inessive singular of pappi
Latin
Etymology
From pāpa + -issa.
Pronunciation
Noun
pāpissa f (genitive pāpissae, masculine pāpa); first declension
- popess
1639, Iohann Stalen, Papissa Monstrosa, et Mera Fabula: siue Dissertatio Historicotheologica: , page 116:Maneat ergo manifeſtum hac tertia annorum Centuria nullum vere, & indubitate produci teſtem pro Papiſſa fœmina.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1723, Prodromus Novae ad Johannae Papissae Vulgo Dictae Existentiam Probandam Demonstrationis Praelectionibus ad Historiam Literariam Praemissus a Polycarpo Leysero, page 18:Theodvlvs, vt alios mittam, qui memoriae non ſuccurrunt, ſcriptor habetur ſeculi decimi, adeoque poſt Papiſſae tempora floruit.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1739, Dissertatio de Origine Vera Traditionis Falsae de Ioanna Papissa in Auditorio Theologico Georgiae Augustae , page 12:Horum igitur vt praeiudicium auctoritatis profligemus, in hanc ſcenam producturi ſumus & multos & magnos viros, qui poſt adhibitum huic traditioni examen acerrimum ſtatuerunt, falſiſſima eſſe, quaecunque de Papiſſa ſuperius aeuum & credidit & tradidit.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants