piscatory ring
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
piscatory ring (plural piscatory rings)
- (Roman Catholicism) A ring worn by popes, representing the first pope and Christian apostle Peter, who had been a fisherman.
- Synonyms: pescatorio, ring of the fisherman
Translations[edit]
ring worn by popes
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References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- "Ring of the Fisherman" in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1912.