Associations to the word «Hildebrand»

Wiktionary

HILDEBRAND, proper noun. A German surname​.
HILDEBRAND RULES, noun. (legal) The unofficial acceptance of the use of one's spouse's private documents in court during a divorce.

Dictionary definition

HILDEBRAND, noun. 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).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne