bulla

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The store sold everyday goods and featured a large brick oven that was used to make its famous bulla cakes, flavorful flat pastries made with flour, ginger and molasses.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2021

In ancient times, a seal stamp, or bulla, was used to authenticate documents or items.

From Fox News • Apr. 1, 2019

Hind feet densely covered with long hair; ear short; tympanic bulla of moderate size.

From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Postremo Regina summis precibus Sanctissimum Dominum Nostrum orat, ut quem sibi delegerit sacerdotem, possit ab eo in confessione sacramentali absolvi a cunctibus casibus etiam Sedi Apostolicæ reservatis, atque in bulla coenae Domini contentis.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

The earliest surviving papal bulla is one of Pope Zacharias, a.d.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various