Definitions
Etymologies
- From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Low Latin bulla. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“(Recife) and Belém do Pará because they had attempted without government authorization to put into effect a papal bull ordering Catholics to leave”
“Martin Luther, when he burnt the papal bull of ex - communication directed against him, also threw a current casuistical text, a copy of the so-called Summa”
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