GOLDEN BULL
\ɡˈə͡ʊldən bˈʊl], \ɡˈəʊldən bˈʊl], \ɡ_ˈəʊ_l_d_ə_n b_ˈʊ_l]\
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[L.] Any papal bull sealed in gold.
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[L.] In Ger. Hist., the edict by which Charles IV. settled the law of imperial elections, the uncertainty of which had had the effect of placing the decision, mostly, in the hands of the pope ; enacted at Nurnberg and at Metz, 1356.
By Henry Percy Smith
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