noun
Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars
• Syn: ↑Gioacchino Pecci, ↑Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci
• Instance Hypernyms:
↑pope, ↑Catholic Pope, ↑Roman Catholic Pope, ↑pontiff, ↑Holy Father, ↑Vicar of Christ, ↑Bishop of Rome
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1810-1903, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1878-1903.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.