Word: petitior
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...weeks the omnipotent Vicar would have nothing to do with a marriage which Italians high and low rejoice to call a love match. At last Mafalda and Philip were forced to sign a long petitior in which they promised that any children that may be vouchsafed to them will be reared as strict Catholics. Behind his thick spectacles il Papa, "prisoner" of the nation whose princes must bow to him in matters spiritual, pondered well the petition. Eventually his lips formed the affirmative command of the Caesars. "Fiat!" said il Papa. "Fiat!" echoed King Vittorio, modern Caesar, in puny imitation...
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