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GUY OF BURGUNDY
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• GUY OF BURGUNDY (noun)
The noun GUY OF BURGUNDY has 1 sense:
1. pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124)
Familiarity information: GUY OF BURGUNDY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Calixtus II; Guy of Burgundy
Instance hypernyms:
Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)
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