English citations of popess

  • 1880, Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine of Utah:
    Their amour would most likely have forever remained a secret, and the world never known that a popess had reigned, had not Joan become enciente.
  • 1913, The Catholic Encyclopedia:
    it is even less probable that a popess could be inserted in the list of popes about 1100
  • 1984, Show and Tell →ISBN, page 108:
    This read-through was like an audience with the pope, well, lots of popes and, her eyes flicked over the bleachers, landing on Kathryn Grady, one popess.