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(Latin: breve, short)
A compendious papal letter lacking some of the solemnity and formality of a Bull, bearing the device or seal of the fisherman's ring.
New Catholic Dictionary
A compendious papal letter lacking some of the solemnity and formality of a Bull, bearing the device or seal of the fisherman's ring.New Catholic Dictionary
