vatican : Idioms & Phrases

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first vatican council

  • noun the Vatican Council in 1869-1870 that proclaimed the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra
    First Vatican Council.
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second vatican council

  • noun the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms
    Second Vatican Council.
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state of the vatican city

  • noun the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929
    Holy See; The Holy See.
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Thunders of the Vatican

  • the anathemas, or denunciations, of the pope.
Webster 1913

vatican city

  • noun the capital of the State of the Vatican City
    Citta del Vaticano.
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vatican council

  • noun each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church
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vatican i

  • noun the Vatican Council in 1869-1870 that proclaimed the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra
    First Vatican Council.
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vatican ii

  • noun the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms
    Second Vatican Council.
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vatican palace

  • noun the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City
    Vatican.
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