Abdicate vs. Papacy

Abdicateverb

To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

Papacynoun

The office of the pope.

‘The papacy represents the head of the Catholic Church.’;

Abdicateverb

To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.

Papacynoun

The period of a particular pope's reign.

‘The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.’;

Abdicateverb

To depose.

Papacynoun

Roman Catholicism generally.

Abdicateverb

To reject; to cast off; to discard.

Papacynoun

The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.

Abdicateverb

(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.

‘to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy’; ‘Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.’;

Papacynoun

The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.

Abdicateverb

(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.

Papacynoun

The Roman Catholic religion; - commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.

Abdicateverb

To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.

‘The cross-bearers abdicated their service.’;

Papacynoun

the government of the Roman Catholic Church

Abdicateverb

To renounce; to relinquish; - said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.

‘He abdicates all right to be his own governor.’; ‘The understanding abdicates its functions.’;

Abdicateverb

To reject; to cast off.

Abdicateverb

To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

Abdicateverb

To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

‘Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.’;

Abdicateverb

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations;

‘The King abdicated when he married a divorcee’;