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Adrian IV

or Hadrian IV

noun

  1. Nicholas Breakspear, c1100–59, only Englishman to become pope, 1154–59.


Adrian IV

noun

  1. Adrian (Nicholas Breakspear)?11001159MEnglishRELIGION: pope original name Nicholas Breakspear. ?1100–59, the only English pope (1154–59)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In short, it is nothing better than a logical solecism, to wish to maintain that two such popes as Adrian IV.

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