Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"