adjective (a)

• proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles(adj.pert)

  Example:
  Papal dispensation.
  

  Synonym:
  apostolic, apostolical, pontifical
  

  source: wordnet30
• Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction.(adjective)

  source: webster1913