papess

English

Etymology

French papesse.

Noun

papess (plural papesses)

(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.

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