Vatican
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Vat·i·can 
[vat-i-kuhn] Pronunciation Key
[vat-i-kuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Also called Vatican Palace. the chief residence of the popes in Vatican City, now also including a library, archives, art museum, apartments, and administrative offices. |
| 2. | the authority and government of the pope (distinguished from the Quirinal). |
[Origin: 1545–55; < L vātīcānus (mōns) Vatican (hill)]
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Vatican II
–noun
| Second Vatican Council. |
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| Vat·i·can
(vāt'ĭ-kən) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Latin Vaticānus (mōns), the Vatican (Hill).] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vatican
Vatican
1555, from L. mons Vaticanus, Roman hill on which Papal palace stands. An Etruscan loan-word, not related to vates "sooth-sayer."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| vatican | |
noun | |
| the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vatican
Vat"i*can\, n. [L. Vaticanus, mons, or collis, Vaticanus, the Vatican hill, in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber: cf. F. Vatican, It. Vaticano.] 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. Note: The word is often used to indicate the papal authority. Thunders of the Vatican, the anathemas, or denunciations, of the pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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