Canossa
noun
Ca·nos·sa
kəˈnäsə,
-ˈȯ-
plural -s
: a place or occasion of submission, humiliation, or penance —often used with go to
he went to his Canossa when he reversed his policy
Word History
Etymology
from Canossa, village in northern Italy where Emperor Henry IV made humble submission to Pope Gregory VII in 1077
- order of business
- order of contact
- order of filiation
- order of magnitude
- order of service
- order of the day
- order of worship
- order paper
- order pro confesso
- order up
- order-in-council
- orderable
- orderboard
- ordered
- ordered about
- ordered lattice
- orderer
- orderers
- ordering
- ordering about
- orderings
- orderless
- orderlier
- orderlies
- orderliest