urban viii

1. 1.

   Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644)

   SynonymsMaffeo Barberini

   Broaderpope

Questions about urban viii

What does urban viii mean?

urban viii means "Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644)".

What is another word for urban viii?

Close synonyms include Maffeo Barberini. 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 urban viii a common word?

urban viii 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.