Definitions for papable

papable pa·pa·ble

Spelling: [pey-puh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈpeɪ pə bəl/

Papable is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in papable (aabelpp).

Definitions for papable

adjective

  1. suitable or likely to become pope.

Origin of papable

1585-95; Middle French Italian papabile, equivalent to papa pope + -bile -ble

Examples for papable

It's a sweltering hot day in London today, a real British heat wave with no a/c, and the Jubilee enthusiasm is papable.

The threat was too papable to be mistaken, nor was he sufficiently conversant with the world of policy to detect its fallacy.

These wants, papable as they are in times of peace, become doubly pressing in time of war.

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