allocution

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This Allocution calls to mind Spainʼs last struggle with Mexico.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

The Independence of the Holy See, with an Appendix containing the Papal Allocution and a translation.

From Dante Six Sermons by Wicksteed, Philip H.

The Pontifical Allocution unmasked the falsehood, but did not change the condition of affairs.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

Allocution, al-lo-kū′shun, n. a formal address, esp. of the Pope to his clergy.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

He pointed out that the Holy See in its Consistorial Allocution of January 22nd, 1915, invited the belligerents to observe the rules of war.

From War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)