Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An independent papal state on the Tiber River within Rome, Italy. Created by the Lateran Treaty signed by Pope Pius XI and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in 1929, it issues its own currency and postage stamps and has its own newspaper and broadcasting facilities. The government is run by a council of cardinals who are responsible to the pope.
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- proper noun A
country in Europe, located inRome ,Italy . Official name: State of the Vatican City; TheHoly See .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the capital of the State of the Vatican City
Etymologies
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Examples
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His Grace, Cardinal Law, is currently living incommunicado in a church in Vatican City, which is both a religious and legal hideout, answerable to no one other than the CEO, Benedict, aka Ratzinger, god's own Rottweiler.
Child Abuse Convictions and Bankruptcies Have a Silver Lining for Gay People 2007
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But now we want to get you back to Vatican City, which is where we find Bill Hemmer -- good morning again, Bill.
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O'BRIEN: We're taking a look at Vatican City, which is now filling up with tourists, Monsignor, and pilgrims who have come out, obviously, to pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II, who is in dire, dire shape, as reports from the Vatican come to us.
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O'BRIEN: We're taking a look at Vatican City, which is now filling up with tourists, Monsignor, and pilgrims who have come out, obviously, to pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II, who is in dire, dire shape, as reports from the Vatican come to us.
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Grenadines, for which we have no news content in the archive, and Vatican City, which is the only sovereign country we don't have a tag for.
The Guardian World News Peter Martin 2010
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Clearly, Brown's point of view is that the Vatican City is a tightly-run little country and her major export is Faith.
Dusty Wright's Culture Catch - Smart, Pop Culture Podcasts & Written Reviews - Arts & Entertainment Brandon Judell 2009
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Clearly, Brown's point of view is that the Vatican City is a tightly-run little country and her major export is Faith.
Dusty Wright's Culture Catch - Smart, Pop Culture Podcasts & Written Reviews - Arts & Entertainment 2009
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We went from there to the Vatican City, which is actually it's own country, a very small country but still!
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We went from there to the Vatican City, which is actually it's own country, a very small country but still!
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The plans also called for creation of a kind of Vatican City covering Moon’s birthplace.
OpEdNews - Diary: Kim II Sung and Rev. Moon: Buying the Holy Land? 2009
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