Example sentences for: papal

How can you use “papal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The article blames the church's nonapology on the doctrine of papal infallibility, which shackles the church to its sordid past.

  • The scepter and sword were each papal gifts, the former in 1494 and the latter in 1507; these reinforced the links between Scotland and Rome.

  • It was the heyday of the brilliant but lethal Spanish-Italian Borgias: lecherous Rodrigo, who became Pope Alexander VI, and treacherous son Cesare, who stopped at nothing to control and expand the papal lands.

  • Alas, that may not be enough--the Papal inner circle insists that it's the spirit of participation that counts.

  • The danger became clear in 1831 when insurrection spread through Bologna, Modena, and Parma to the Papal States of central Italy.


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