papal bull

English

Etymology

From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“a round seal”), from Latin bulla (“bubble”).

Noun

papal bull (plural papal bulls)

1. A type of document or edict from the Pope.

Translations

official document or edict from the Pope

• Catalan: butlla papal
• German: päpstliche Bulle f
• Polish: bulla (pl) f, bulla papieska f
• Romanian: bulă papală (ro) f
• Tagalog: bula ng Papa
• Vietnamese: tông sắc

Further reading

• papal bull on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• list of papal bulls on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “papal bull”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “papal bull, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “papal bull”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “papal bull” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.