Home › Words › P › popeshippopeshippopeship means the state, quality, condition, or jurisdiction of being a pope; papacy.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, popeship ranks #29,193 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom pope + -ship.nounThe state, quality, condition, or jurisdiction of being a pope; papacy.e.g.“This was the holy man who first gave this goodly creature of the popeship to the world.” — 1899, Bernardino Ochino, Constance E. Plumptre, The Tragedy:A term used as a title or designation.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).