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Vatican

Vatican

194 3.7
An independent city state in Rome that is the Pope's official home and the center of the Catholic Church
  • proper noun
  • /ˈvætɪkən/
translation icon : Vaticano
  • Many tourists visit the Vatican each year to see St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.
  • Vatican City
  • Vatican Museums
  • Church at the Vatican

Got permission to go in the Vatican archives.

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Examples

  • Got permission to go in the Vatican archives.

  • And Trent, Vatican I, and Vatican II all defined elements of the church in dogmatic formulas.

    Academic text (2008)
  • There was Jesus, and then there are all the people in the Vatican who make everything work.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Well, we have organized a trip, a private Vatican tour.

  • Its location was kept secret, even from the Vatican.

  • You've even had a chance to speak at the Vatican.

  • Her father is petitioning the Vatican for the girl to be made an official saint.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Roosevelt has been in contact with the Vatican and made certain assurances to the Pope.

  • The da Vinci Codex is here in the Vatican.

  • And inside the Vatican, there's a room it's called the Stanza della Segmentura.

Synonyms

Vatican City
vsVatican
5 4.1

A very small independent state inside Rome where the Pope lives and the Catholic Church is based

focuses on being the Pope's headquarters and official residence
Citta del Vaticano
vsVatican
8.1

A small independent city inside Rome where the Pope lives and the Catholic Church has main buildings

is the entire independent state rather than only the capital city

Compounds

One of two major meetings of Catholic Church leaders at the Vatican

A meeting of Catholic Church leaders from 1962 to 1965 that changed worship and encouraged talks with other Christian churches

5 4.1

A very small independent state inside Rome where the Pope lives and the Catholic Church is based

5 7.4

A meeting of Catholic bishops from 1962 to 1965 that made major church reforms

1 9.5

A meeting of Catholic leaders in 1869-1870 that says the pope cannot be wrong when teaching on faith and morals

A meeting of leaders of the Catholic Church in 1869–1870 that said the pope cannot be wrong when speaking officially

The building in Vatican City where the Pope lives and works

Surface Forms

Vatican main

Etymology

Vatican comes from the name of a hill in Rome, Vaticanus, and one idea links it to the Latin word vates, meaning 'prophet'. So you can remember the Vatican as the place where the Pope speaks and leads the Catholic Church, like a public voice and teaching center.