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Vat⋅i⋅can

  [vat-i-kuhn]
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–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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Word Origin & History

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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