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ˈvæt ɪ kənvat·i·can

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Vatican, Vatican Palacenoun

    the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City

Wiktionary

  1. Vaticanadjective

    Relating to the Vatican City state.

  2. Vaticannoun

    The official residence of the Pope within Vatican City.

  3. Vaticannoun

    The papal government; the papacy.

  4. Vaticannoun

    Roman Catholicism

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  1. vatican

    The Vatican, also known as Vatican City, is an independent city-state enclaved within Rome, Italy. It is the spiritual and administrative headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church and is the residence of the Pope. It is the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by both area and population. The Vatican is known for its cultural sites such as St. Peter's Basilica, the Apostolic Palace, and the Vatican Museums featuring iconic artworks and architectural structures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vaticannoun

    a magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc

  2. Etymology: [L. Vaticanus, mons, or collis, Vaticanus, the Vatican hill, in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber: cf. F. Vatican, It. Vaticano.]

Wikidata

  1. Vatican

    Vatican is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. The community is named after Vatican City with street names such as Vatican Road, Vatican Square Drive, Pope Drive, and Bishop Street. It is located near the intersection of Louisiana Highway 93 and Vatican Road.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vatican

    vat′i-kan, n. an assemblage of buildings on the Vatican hill in Rome, including one of the pope's palaces: the papal authority.—ns. Vat′icanism, the system of theology and ecclesiastical government based on absolute papal authority, ultramontanism; Vat′icanist, one who upholds such a system.—Vatican Codex, a famous uncial MS. of the Greek Testament, of the 4th century, in the Vatican library at Rome; Vatican Council, the Twentieth Ecumenical Council, according to popish reckoning, which met 8th December 1869 and proclaimed the Infallibility of the Pope. [Fr.,—It. Vaticano—L. Mons Vaticanus, a hill in Rome.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vatican in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vatican in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of vatican in a Sentence

  1. Philip Pullella:

    There was basically silence for about four months. At the end of August I got a call from the prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication saying the pope had decided to go ahead with an interview, that we would aim for the end of September 2017 and that I should send over some ideas for topics.

  2. John Thavis:

    The pope has gone where no pope has ever gone before which is to dioceses that are so far away from Rome and so small that they have never really showed up on the Vatican's radar before.

  3. Pope Francis:

    It's not just in politics. It is in all institutions, including in the Vatican there are cases of corruption, corruption is something that eats you inside like sugar. It's sweet, we like it, it's easy. And then we end up sick and poor. So much sugar that we either end up being diabetic or own country ends up being diabetic.

  4. Vatican News:

    The protest caught the Vatican players by surprise, who were expecting a simple sporting event, and together with their manager, took the difficult decision not to take part in the match so as not to further the exploitation of the event.

  5. Callista Gingrich:

    President Trump takes this issue very seriously and has expressed President Trump sadness at the allegations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the United States Embassy has engaged senior Vatican City officials on this matter and will continue to do so.

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