papal states

1. 1.

   the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy)

   Broaderdistrict

   Part ofItaly

Questions about papal states

What does papal states mean?

papal states means "the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy)".

Is papal states a common word?

papal states is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.