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НБАРС: 1. книжн. обращение; назидательная речь, увещание 2. церк. аллокуция (обращение папы к коллегии кардиналов) 3. обращение полководца к
армии (в Древнем Риме)
Random:
1. a formal speech, esp. one of an incontrovertible or hortatory nature.
2. a pronouncement delivered by the pope to a secret consistory, esp. on a matter
of policy or of general importance.
OED: 1. Rom.
Antiq. A formal address or exhortation by a general to his soldiers; hence
in R.C. Ch. A public address by the
Pope to his clergy, or to the Church generally.
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