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The only CEO job with a two-thousand-year succession plan and no resignation button.
means The office and authority of the Pope, or the span of time during which a particular Pope holds that office.
from Traces back through medieval Latin 'papatia' to Latin 'papa,' meaning father or bishop — itself borrowed from Greek 'pappas,' a child's word for dad. The term started as an affectionate title for bishops generally, then narrowed over centuries to mean specifically the Bishop of Rome, as that office consolidated its singular authority.
- job security
- most exits are by death, not choice
- dress code
- white cassock, size never publicly disclosed
- election method
- burnt ballots, literal smoke signals
- term limit
- none, until 2013 broke the streak