Urbi et Orbi

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 402

Urbi et Orbi (Lat., 'to the city and the world'), a form used in the publication of papal bulls, for the purpose of signifying their formal promulgation to the entire Catholic world, as well as to the city of Rome. See also BENEDICTION.

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