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papable, a. rare.|ˈpeɪpəb(ə)l|
[a. F. papable (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), after It. papabile ‘able to be pope’ (Florio), f. papa pope: cf. med.L. pāpābilitās (Du Cange).]
Capable of being elected pope; qualified for the office of pope.
1592Wotton Let. to Ld. Zouch in Reliq. (1685) 707 By the Death of the other two, the Conclave hath received little alteration; though Mondovio were papable, and a great Soggetto in the List of the Foresters. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals iii. ii. 282 Cardinals, antient and Papable. 1900Speaker 17 Feb. 538/2 The Cardinal, a man of worth and papable..esteemed Crashaw. |