Usually means: Official letter from a bishop.
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  2. pastoral letter: Wiktionary
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▸ noun:  A communication from a bishop to the clergy or laity containing instructions, directions etc

Similar:
letter missive, pastor, prelate, bishop, synodal, pastorhood, king's brief, chapter, legate, provincial, more...

Opposite:
secular letter, lay letter

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Similar:
letter missive, pastor, prelate, bishop, synodal, pastorhood, king's brief, chapter, legate, provincial, more...

Opposite:
secular letter, lay letter



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