crusade bull

English

Alternative forms

• Bull of the Crusade

Noun

crusade bull (plural crusade bulls)

1. (historical, Roman Catholicism) A papal bull providing indulgences, dispensations from certain religious obligations, and absolution from certain ecclesiastical censures for the participants in a crusade, including those making donations for the cause.

Translations

bull providing indulgences, etc., for participants in a crusade

• French: bulle de la sainte croisade f
• Hungarian: keresztes bulla
• Latin: bulla cruciāta f
• Spanish: bula de la santa cruzada f