The Pope's slave
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
So Cardinal Cajetan (d. 1534) called the Church.
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.
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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