papesse (c.1334)
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papesse (c.1334)

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[ hap]

  FEW:  papa 7,572a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  papesse 10,268b TL: ∅ DEAF:  pape (papesse)  DMF:  papesse  TLF:  papesse  OED:  popess n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

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1femaleeccl.occupationfemale pope (in reference to pope Joan, believed to have reigned after Leo IV in the 850s): 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Aprés la papesse [...] tient le see papal Benoit le Tierce  256.20
papacie  papal  pape  papelard 
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