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Vatican Definition


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Vatican
noun
    1. A collection of buildings on Vatican Hill in Rome, including the palace and official residence of the pope, set up as an independent papal state called Vatican City in 1929.
    2. The authority of the pope.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin Mons Vaticanus Vatican Hill.



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