Definitions
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- noun rare Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
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- noun the pathological fear of the
pope or thepapacy
Etymologies
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From Latin papa ("pope") + -phobia.
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Examples
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I mean we can name the fear of the Pope papaphobia, but not the fear of octopi and squid?
Adventureblog Theater: See? Monsters! Michael May 2008
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