papal letter

collocation in English

meaningsofpapalandletter

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withletter.
papal
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪ.pəl/us
/ˈpeɪ.pəl/
relating to the position or authority of the Pope (= the leader of the Roman ...
See more atpapal
letter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlet.ər/us
/ˈlet̬.ɚ/
a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent ...
See more atletter

(Definition ofpapalandletterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpapal letter

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Some members of the church snubbed thepapalletter, and it remained unenforced.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Thepapallettercondemned racial theories and the mistreatment of people based on race.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Apapalletterof protection of 1291 named 34 localities.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
About 35 per cent of the papal letters appear in the papal registers, and the majority of documents in the collection have already been printed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In order to secure such knowledge of the papal laws, several copies of the papal letters were occasionally made and dispatched at the same time.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
As befitted their legal importance, the papal letters were also soon incorporated in the collections of canon law.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He took extensive notes from the volumes of papal letters, and sometimes drew accurate facsimiles of the texts.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Nevertheless, forged papal letters appeared even earlier than this.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These were addressed to the universities by papal letters at the beginning of each collection, and these texts became textbooks for aspiring canon lawyers.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In this way the papal letters took rank with the canons of the synods as of equal value and of equal obligation.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These are primarily papal letters, and they extend from the beginning of the thirteenth to the middle of the fifteenth century.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The papal letter's contents were not disclosed.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofpapal
Go to the definition ofletter
See other collocations withletter