gregory vii

1. 1.

   the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)

   SynonymsGregoryHildebrand

   Broaderpope

Questions about gregory vii

What does gregory vii mean?

gregory vii means "the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)".

What is another word for gregory vii?

Close synonyms include Gregory, Hildebrand. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gregory vii a common word?

gregory vii is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.