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noun
A complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity, ecclesiastical, law, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: double quarrel
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin duplex querēla.
