popeable

adjective

1. Thought to be among those likely to be elected pope; papabile; papable.

   rare

   Vatican watchers have already anointed the Honduran prelate papabile or “popeable.”

Where it comes from

Calque of Italian papabile, equivalent to pope + -able.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry popeable (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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