viii : Idioms & Phrases

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boniface viii

  • noun pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303)
    Benedetto Caetani.
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edward viii

  • noun King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
    Edward; Duke of Windsor.
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factor viii

  • noun a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A
    antihaemophilic globulin; antihemophilic globulin; antihemophilic factor; Hemofil; antihaemophilic factor.
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henry viii

  • noun son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547)
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innocent viii

  • noun Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492)
    Giovanni Battista Cibo.
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louis viii

  • noun king of France who increased the power of the Crown over the feudal lords (1187-1226)
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urban viii

  • noun Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644)
    Maffeo Barberini.
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