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