| 单词 | papal brief |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspapal brief a. A letter of the pope to an individual or a religious community upon matters of discipline. It differs from a bull in being less ample and solemn, and in the form in which it is written. More fully called brief apostolical or papal brief. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [noun] > encyclical papal briefa1500 breve1536 encyclical1837 encyclic1851 encyclica1888 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiv. 168 And, lo syrs, if ye trow not me, Ye rede this brefe. 1606 True & Perf. Relat. Y iv a The receiuing of two Brieues or Bulls from the Pope. 1618 tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin (ed. 3) 30 The Pope..reenioyned him eftsoones by another Briefe, the selfe same things. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4678/1 The Pope has at last given the Brief of the Cruciata to the King of Spain. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 377 Dominick, armed with the papal brief, hastened thither. 1868 W. Cartwright in News of World 29 Mar. A Brief..has but the Pope's name at the beginning—‘Pius Papa IX.’—is signed by the Cardinal Secretary of Briefs, bears date from the Nativity, and is written in modern letters upon soft white parchment. < as lemmas |
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