state of the vatican city

1. 1.

   the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929

   SynonymsHoly SeeThe Holy See

   BroaderEuropean countrysee

   Part ofRome

   PartsVatican City

Questions about state of the vatican city

What does state of the vatican city mean?

state of the vatican city means "the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929".

What is another word for state of the vatican city?

Close synonyms include Holy See, The Holy See. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is state of the vatican city a common word?

state of the vatican city 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.