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Word: pontificem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...this go used ballots, and, until a Pope is chosen, handfuls of straw. Outside, in the Piazza of St. Peter, is the mob, its eyes on a chimney. Smudgy black smoke indicates burning straw. Days pass. After 14 ballots the mob sees that the smoke is thin, white. "Habemus Pontificem!" We have a Pope! Cries the mob: "Un Papa! Viva il Papa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Catholic Action | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

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