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.

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