Usually means: Papal decree by own initiative.
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  1. motu proprio: Merriam-Webster
  2. motu proprio: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. motu proprio: Collins English Dictionary
  4. motu proprio: Wiktionary
  5. motu proprio: Dictionary.com
  6. Motu Proprio, Motu proprio: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. motu proprio: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. Motu Proprio: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Motu Proprio: Catholic Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (motu proprio)

adverb:  Of one’s own free will, of one’s own volition.
noun:  A document issued by the Pope on his own initiative directed to the Roman Catholic Church.

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