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ALLOCUTION (Lat. allocutio, an address)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 698 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALLOCUTION (See also:Lat. allocutio, an address) , a name given to the formal addresses made by the See also:pope to the See also:College of Cardinals and through them to the See also:church generally. They are usually called forth by ecclesiastical or See also:political circumstances, and aim at safeguarding papal principles and claims. They are published by being affixed to the See also:door of St See also:Peter's Church.

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