Lateran
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- proper noun
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Laterano
- On February 11, 1929, Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini signed the Lateran Pact that finally clarified the political relationship between the Italian state and the Vatican.
- the Fourth Lateran
- Lateran Council
- Lateran Pact
Examples
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The Lateran in the southeast stood at least five miles away from the Vatican in the far northwest.
Fiction book (1998) -
You give a long quote from the Fourth Lateran, but yet again miss out the necessary historical context.
Blog text (3) -
At random, here is the 3rd canon of the Fourth Lateran Council:
Blog text (3) -
I wonder how many of our Catholic friends have heard of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215?
Blog text (4) -
In the early hours of the morning, while Rome slept, they seated him on the Lateran throne as Innocent II.
Fiction book (1998) -
All the Italian government has to do is renounce all parts of the Lateran Treaty.
Blog text (23) -
The bull for Saint Hubert was issued in the Lateran Palace on April 29.
Academic text (2018) -
More generally, the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 had decreed that no new orders were henceforth to be allowed.
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The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the oldest basilica in the Western world and serves as the Pope's ecclesiastical seat.
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As the official residence of the Pope, the Lateran Palace holds great historical and religious significance.
Synonyms
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The city or area where a bishop has their main church and office
Compounds
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A major meeting of Catholic church leaders in Rome between the 1100s and 1500s
- Formal
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A 1215 meeting of Catholic church leaders that set important church rules and beliefs
A council of Catholic leaders in Rome 1512–1517 that made church reforms and planned a crusade against the Turks
A 1123 meeting at Lateran Palace where church leaders set rules for the Western Church and plan a new crusade
An important meeting of church leaders in Rome in 1139 that made changes to church rules
A church meeting in 1179 at the Lateran in Rome that condemned some religious groups and made church reforms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lateran comes from a Roman family name, Laterani, who owned the land where the church and palace were built, so the place kept their name. That's why the Lateran is the church and palace known as the Pope's official seat.