Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hildebrand

1 sense of hildebrand

Sense 1
Gregory, Gregory VII, Hildebrand -- (the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085))
       INSTANCE OF=> pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome -- (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)