Catholic King (The)
or His Catholic Majesty. A title given by the Pope to Ferdinand, King of Aragon (1452, 1474–1516), for expelling the Moors from Spain. This was about as unwise as the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV.
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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.