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The Nestor of German romance. Like Maugis among the heroes of Charlemagne, he was a magician as well as champion.
Hildebrand. Pope Gregory VII. (1013, 1073–1085).
A Hildebrand. One resembling Pope Gregory VII., noted for subjugating the power of the German emperors; and specially detested by the early reformers for his ultra-pontifical views.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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