Pius IV

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noun

Giovanni Angelo Medici, 1499–1565, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1559–65.

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Words nearby Pius IV

piupiu, Piura, Pius I, Pius II, Pius III, Pius IV, Pius IX, Pius V, Pius VI, Pius VII, Pius VIII

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How to use Pius IV in a sentence

For hydration, an IV would have been effective, as CIA medical officers conceded.
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“While IV infusion is safe and effective,” one officer wrote, rectal hydration could be used as a form of behavior control.
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Meanwhile, Beth is working from inside the hospital to secure the drugs Carol needs and to keep her hooked up to an IV drip.
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The trouble was, he alienated Pope Pius VI and Pius VII—the latter he actually arrested.
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Mixner would insert it via an IV and hold his friend until the drip was completed.
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Ladislaus IV, king of Poland, died, aged 80; universally respected for all those virtues which should grace a throne.
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Henry IV of France even invented one for his army, and others worked a little on the idea from time to time.
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It was stated in the house of commons shortly after the coronation that the expenses incurred for the coronation of George IV.
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We shall never forget the blessing we received through the words, in John iv.
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I have no doubt he often thought iv his beautiful Madonna iv th' throlly, although he niver said so.
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British Dictionary definitions for Pius IV

Pius IV

noun

original name Giovanni Angelo de' Medici. 1499–1565, pope (1559–65). He reconvened the Council of Trent (1562), confirming its final decrees

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