papal bull
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“a round seal”), from Latin bulla (“bubble”).
Noun[edit]
papal bull (plural papal bulls)
Translations[edit]
official document or edict from the Pope
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Further reading[edit]
- papal bull on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- list of papal bulls on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “papal bull”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “papal bull, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “papal bull”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “papal bull” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.