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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'going to Canossa' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions going to Canossa idiom  submit, Submitting to the pope. Etymology: This idiom derives from the repentance of w:Holy Roman Empire, Holy Roman emperor, Emperor w:Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV to w:Pope Gregory VII, Pope Gregory VII after his excommunication for appointing bishops.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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