† embullv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To insert or publish (a matter or a name) in a Papal bull; to issue a bull against; to affix an official (esp. the Papal) seal to (a document).
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > seal [verb (transitive)]
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [verb (transitive)] > issue bull
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [verb (transitive)] > issue bull > insert matter or name in
embull?a1475
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [verb (transitive)] > issue bull > affix official seal to
embull?a1475
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [verb (transitive)] > issue bull > against
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?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 432 Messangers were sende from kynge Edwarde unto the pope for this accorde to be inbullede.
1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 93/1 So he was by letter enbulled.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 378/2 He also wrote his letters..embulled with gold.
1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxvi. 116 The Pope imbulled..England.
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