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Webster 1913 Edition

Vatican

Vat′i-can

,
Noun.
[L.
Vaticanus
,
mons
, or
collis
,
Vaticanus
, the Vatican hill, in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber: cf. F.
Vatican
, It.
Vaticano
.]
A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope’s palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc.
☞ The word is often used to indicate the papal authority.
Thunders of the Vatican
,
the anathemas, or denunciations, of the pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vatican

VAT'ICAN

,
Noun.
In Rome, the celebrated church of St. Peter; and also, a magnificent palace of the pope; situated at the foot of one of the seven hills on which Rome was built. Hence the phrase, the thunders of the Vatican, meaning the anathemas or denunciations of the pope.

Definition 2024

Vatican

Vatican

See also: vatican

English

Proper noun

Vatican

  1. The official residence of the Pope within Vatican City.
  2. The papal government; the papacy.
  3. (for short) Vatican City.
  4. Roman Catholicism.

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Adjective

Vatican ‎(not comparable)

  1. Relating to the Vatican City state.

Translations

Derived terms

vatican

vatican

See also: Vatican

French

Adjective

vatican m ‎(feminine singular vaticane, masculine plural vaticans, feminine plural vaticanes)

  1. Vatican

Etymology

From Latin Vaticanus ‎(“Vatican Hill”), ultimately from Latin vaticinari ‎(“to prophesy”), oracle. 'Vatican', a name dating back to the Roman Republic, would be the place from where prophecies would be issued.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/

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