Home › Words › P › papissapapissapapissa means A female pope.EtymologyFrom Latin pāpissa.nounA female pope.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.popess 88% match — A high priestess. vs papissa →papess 85% match — A female pope, i.e. the fictitious Pope Joan. vs papissa →apostless 65% match — A female apostle. vs papissa →prelatess 62% match — The wife of a prelate. vs papissa →papalty 61% match — The papacy. vs papissa →bishopess 60% match — The wife of a bishop. vs papissa →papality 60% match — The papacy. vs papissa →antipope 58% match — A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope. vs papissa →