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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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Vatican II

 
–noun
Second Vatican Council.
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Vat·i·can   (vāt'ĭ-kən)   
n.  

  1. The official residence of the pope in Vatican City.

  2. The papal government; the papacy.


[Latin Vaticānus (mōns), the Vatican (Hill).]
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Cultural Dictionary

Vatican II

The popular name for the Second Vatican Council, an assembly of all the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church held from 1962 to 1965. The bishops ordered a large-scale liberalization and modernization of practices in their church.

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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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