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| | Catholic History, THE SERAPH, September 1999, Vol XX No 1 |
 | | The word (tiara) occurs in the classics to denote the Persian headdress, particularly that of the "great king." In the Vulgate it is a synonym of cidaris and mitra, and is used for the turban of the high priest (Exod. |
 | | Till late in the middle ages tiara was a synonym of mitra, a bishop's miter, regnum being the word for crown (Ducange, sub voc.). |
 | | A PAPAL Brief is a letter issuing from the Court of Rome, written on fine parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the Pope's Secretary of Briefs, dated "a die Nativitatis," and sealed with the Pope's signetring, the seal of the Fisherman. |
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