"go to Canossa" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes to Canossa [present, singular, third-person], going to Canossa [participle, present], went to Canossa [past], gone to Canossa [participle, past]
Etymology: From the repentance of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV to Pope Gregory VII after his excommunication for appointing bishops. Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to Canossa}} go to Canossa (third-person singular simple present goes to Canossa, present participle going to Canossa, simple past went to Canossa, past participle gone to Canossa)
  1. (idiomatic) To submit to the pope. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_to_Canossa-en-verb-UYTi6o8u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 73 27
  2. (idiomatic) To show humility, to be humbled. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_to_Canossa-en-verb-1YUsTU2p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): aller à Canossa (French), gå till Canossa (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 0 0

Inflected forms

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