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[L.] (Eccl. Hist.) The name of a papal bull, setting forth the rights claimed by the popes over kings and their subjects, and anathemazing all who impugn them. It was so called as being read annually on Holy Thursday.
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[L.] The title of a celebrated papal bull, giving extracts from different constitutions of popes, and declaring the rights claimed by the see of Rome from Gregory VII.'s time, with anathema against those who violate them; read once at least every year in all Roman churches.
By Henry Percy Smith
