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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Vatican

/vǎ′tĭ-kən/ · Vat·i·can · IPA /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/
01 n. A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous cha…
  1. 1.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
Thunders of the Vatican — the anathemas, or denunciations, of the pope.