papess

English

Etymology

French papesse.

Noun

papess (plural papesses)

1. (obsolete) A female pope, i.e. the fictitious Pope Joan.
   • 1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy:

     Was the history of that their monstrous Papess of our making?

Synonyms

• papissa (rare)
• popess

Translations

female pope

• Esperanto: papino
• French: papesse (fr) f
• German: Päpstin (de) f
• Ido: (♂♀) papo (io), (♂) papulo (io), (♂♀) papino (io)
• Italian: papessa f
• Latin: papissa f
• Polish: papieżyca (pl) f
• Portuguese: papisa (pt) f
• Spanish: papisa f
• Volapük: (♂♀) papal (vo), (♂) hipapal, (♀) jipapal

References

• “papess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.