1. Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846); [syn: Gregory, Gregory XVI, Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Gregory XVI
n 1: Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics
and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England
and the United States (1765-1846) [syn: Gregory, Gregory
XVI, Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari]