piscatory ring
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]piscatory ring (plural piscatory rings)
- (Roman Catholicism) A ring worn by popes, representing the first pope and Christian apostle Peter, who had been a fisherman.
- Synonyms: pescatorio, ring of the fisherman
Translations
[edit]ring worn by popes
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References
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- "Ring of the Fisherman" in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1912.