canossa

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Synonyms: canosa

Antonyms: canosa

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Proper noun

1. A ''[[comune]]'' and castle town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, northern [[Italy]], famed as the site where the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV did [[penance]] in 1077, standing three days bare-headed in the snow, in order to reverse his [[excommunication]] by Pope Gregory VII.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|figuratively}} An act of [[humiliate|humiliating]] [[repentance]].

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