Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Papal

Papal , adjective

[French, from Latin papa bishop. See Papacy.]

1.
Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. — Milman
2.
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.
Papal Christians. — Bp. Burnet
Collocations (2)
Papal cross , See Illust. 3 of Cross.
Papal crown , the tiara.