Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Vatican"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vatican \Vat"i*can\, n. [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.
Note: The word is often used to indicate the papal authority.
{Thunders of the Vatican}, the anathemas, or denunciations,
of the pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Vatican
n : the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City [syn:
{Vatican}, {Vatican Palace}]
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