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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bull, papal bullnoun

   a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

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1. papal bullnoun

   An official document or edict from the Pope.

2. Etymology: From bulle, from bulle, from Low bulla.

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1. Papal bull

   A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the leaden seal (bulla) that was traditionally appended to the end in order to authenticate it.

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1. papal bull

   A papal bull is a type of public decree, letter, or charter issued by a pope of the Roman Catholic Church. It is named after the lead seal (bulla) that was traditionally affixed to the end in order to authenticate it. Papal bulls are used for many types of communications of a public nature, including for the canonization of new saints and the announcement of new laws or dogmas. The content of a papal bull is considered to be the authoritative word of the Pope.

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1. Papal bull

   A papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the lead seal that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it. Papal bulls were originally issued by the pope for many kinds of communication of a public nature, but by the 13th century, papal bulls were only used for the most formal or solemn of occasions. From the 12th century, papal bulls have carried a lead seal with the heads of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul on one side and the pope’s signature on the other. Modern scholars have retroactively used the term "Bull" to describe any elaborate papal document issued in the form of a decree or privilege, and to some less elaborate ones issued in the form of a letter. Popularly, the name is used for any papal document that contains a metal seal. Papal bulls have been in use at least since the 6th century, but the term was not first used until around the middle of the 13th century and then only for internal un-official papal record keeping purposes; the term had become official by the 15th century, when one of the offices of the Papal chancery was named the "register of bulls".

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1. Papal Bull

   So called on account of the bulla, a seal embellished with the symbol of St Peter.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of papal bull in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of papal bull in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=papal bull
2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Papal_Bull
3. ^ Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_Bull
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5. ^ Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=papal bull
6. ^ Etymology and Originshttps://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=papal bull

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• butlla papalCatalan, Valencian
• päbstliche BulleGerman
• papal bullLatin

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