Vatican
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3.7
- proper noun
- /ˈvætɪkən/
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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.
- Got permission to go in the Vatican archives.
- Let's move from the Vatican City to Calabasas with Zach.
- So, so Vatican has some incredible security.
- You know I gave the speech at the at the Vatican.
- It'll be a short trip to the Vatican.
- So you didn't want to like anger the Vatican.
- So a lot of the palazzos, the private gardens were Vatican owned.
- And she's walking, stalking along in the, in the, in the nave of the Vatican.
- And as a result, the old Holy Roman order, Church, Vatican control, done.
Examples
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Got permission to go in the Vatican archives.
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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.
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Its location was kept secret, even from the Vatican.
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You've even had a chance to speak at the Vatican.
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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.
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The da Vinci Codex is here in the Vatican.
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And inside the Vatican, there's a room it's called the Stanza della Segmentura.
Synonyms
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4.1
A very small independent state inside Rome where the Pope lives and the Catholic Church is based
A small independent city inside Rome where the Pope lives and the Catholic Church has main buildings
Compounds
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A meeting of Catholic Church leaders from 1962 to 1965 that changed worship and encouraged talks with other Christian churches
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4.1
A very small independent state inside Rome where the Pope lives and the Catholic Church is based
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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
Surface Forms
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.