papal bull
noun
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How to use papal bull in a sentence
There was a papal bull, for instance, said to forbid dissection.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. WalshThe particular occasion of it, however, seems to have been the opposition which he offered to the reception of a papal bull.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdGermany replied to the papal bull by surrounding Luther with acclamation.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 | J. H. Merle D'AubignThere the papal bull was read to them, and they were presented with a stringent edict enjoining the execution of it.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 | J. H. Merle D'AubignThe news, however, had in some form reached Rome in season to be the subject of a papal bull on May 3d.
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