Tetzel
Americannoun
noun
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In 1517, Luther decided to take a public stand against the actions of a friar named Johann Tetzel.
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Tetzel was raising money to rebuild St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Played with fire and ice by Kirk Douglas and Joan Tetzel, Cuckoo's Nest is implausible, if scarifying, viewed as realism.
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Thus the scene shifts quickly to the Antarctic Ocean, where Alan Ladd is chasing whales and Joan Tetzel.
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The second day, at the time of vespers, I entered the house of Hans Pflock, where Tetzel with the confessors and crowd of priests were assembled together.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
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