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The Pope's slave

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Meaning · English

So Cardinal Cajetan (d. 1534) called the Church.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Được Hồng y Cajetan gọi là nô lệ của Giáo hoàng

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “The Pope's slave” mean?

So Cardinal Cajetan (d. 1534) called the Church.

Is “The Pope's slave” formal or informal?

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