papissa

From Latin pāpissa.

papissa (plural papissae)

1. (rare) A female pope.

• papess (obsolete)
• popess

papissa

1. inessive singular of pappi

From pāpa +‎ -issa.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paːˈpis.sa/, [päːˈpɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈpis.sa/, [päˈpisːä]

pāpissa f (genitive pāpissae, masculine pāpa); first declension

1. popess
   • 1639, Iohann[us] Stalen[us], 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.

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   • 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.

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   • 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.

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First-declension noun.

• → English: papissa