vicar of christ
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1. the head of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)
hypernym | : | spiritual leader, |
definition | : | a leader in religious or sacred affairs (noun.person) |
hypernym | : | catholic, |
definition | : | a member of a Catholic church (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | antipope, |
definition | : | someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | benedict xiv, prospero lambertini, |
definition | : | pope who was a patron of the arts and who denounced the cruelty to the indigenous peoples of South America (1675-1758) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | benedict xv, giacomo della chiesa, |
definition | : | pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | benedetto caetani, boniface viii, |
definition | : | pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | calixtus ii, guy of burgundy, |
definition | : | pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | clement vii, giulio de' medici, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1523 to 1534 who broke with Henry VIII of England after Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn (1478-1534) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | clement xiv, lorenzo ganganelli, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1769 to 1774 who lost whatever support remained of Catholic Europe, causing the church to fall into the hands of secular princes (1705-1774) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | gregory, gregory vii, hildebrand, |
definition | : | the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | angelo correr, gregory, gregory xii, |
definition | : | the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bartolomeo alberto capillari, gregory, gregory xvi, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | innocent iii, lotario di segni, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1198 to 1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade and under whom papal intervention in European politics reached its height (1161-1216) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | giovanni battista cibo, innocent viii, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | benedetto odescalchi, innocent xi, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1676 to 1689 whose papacy was marked by the struggle with Louis XIV of France over papal authority over French Catholics; known for saintliness and canonized in 1956 (1611-1689) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | antonio pignatelli, innocent xii, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1691 to 1700 who abolished nepotism within the church hierarchy and was universally loved for his charity and piety (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | albino luciano, john paul i, |
definition | : | the first Pope to assume a double name; he reigned for only 34 days (1912-1978) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | john paul ii, karol wojtyla, |
definition | : | the first Pope born in Poland; the first Pope not born in Italy in 450 years (1920-2005) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | leo i, leo the great, st. leo i, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | leo iii, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 795 to 816 who in 800 crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans (750-816) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bruno, bruno of toul, leo ix, |
definition | : | German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | giovanni de'medici, leo x, |
definition | : | son of Lorenzo de'Medici and pope from 1513 to 1521 who excommunicated Martin Luther and who in 1521 bestowed on Henry VIII the title of Defender of the Faith (1475-1521) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | martin v, oddone colonna, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1417 to 1431 whose election as pope ended the Great Schism (1368-1431) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | nicholas v, tomasso parentucelli, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1447 to 1455 who founded the Vatican library (1397-1455) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | alessandro farnese, paul iii, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1534 to 1549 who excommunicated Henry VIII of England in 1538 and initiated the Council of Trent in 1545; was active in the Counter Reformation and promoted the Society of Jesus for this purpose (1468-1549) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | giovanni battista montini, paul vi, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1963 to 1978 who eased restrictions on fasting and on interfaith marriages (1897-1978) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | antonio ghislieri, pius v, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1566 to 1572 who led the reformation of the Roman Catholic Church; he excommunicated Elizabeth I (1504-1572) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | giannangelo braschi, giovanni angelo braschi, pius vi, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1775 to 1799 who served during the French Revolution; Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | barnaba chiaramonti, luigi barnaba gregorio chiaramonti, pius vii, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | eugenio pacelli, pius xii, |
definition | : | pope who maintained neutrality during World War II and was later criticized for not aiding the Jews who were persecuted by Hitler (1876-1958) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | francesco della rovere, sixtus iv, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1471 to 1484 who consented to the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition and built the Sistine Chapel (1414-1484) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | gerbert, sylvester ii, |
definition | : | French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | guillaume de grimoard, urban v, |
definition | : | French pope from 1362 to 1370 who tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in 1367 returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England; canonized in 1870 (1310-1370) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bartolomeo prignano, urban vi, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1378 to 1389 whose contested election began the Great Schism; he alienated his political allies by his ruthless treatment of his opponents (1318-1389) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | maffeo barberini, urban viii, |
definition | : | Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644) (noun.person) |
member meronym | : | papacy, pontificate, |
definition | : | the government of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.group) |
derivation | : | apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical, |
definition | : | proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical, |
definition | : | proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles (adj.pert) |
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