Sep 052010
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Derivation
- Latin: breve, short
Article
A compendious papal letter lacking some of the solemnity and formality of a Bull, bearing the device or seal of the fisherman’s ring.
MLA Citation
- “brief”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 September 2010. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/brief/>