"apostolic" in the adjective sense
1. apostolic, apostolical
of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings
2. papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
"papal dispensation"
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