Vaticanian

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Vatican City. informal, uncommon
Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the Vatican (any sense); (figuratively) papal. literary, not-comparable, uncommon

    "The pope of Rome, when all remonstrance fail’d, / As the last act of his supremacy / Commission’d Legates to assuage the feud, / Or threat the king with Vaticanian wrath."

Synonyms

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vaticanalvaticanic

Example

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"The pope of Rome, when all remonstrance fail’d, / As the last act of his supremacy / Commission’d Legates to assuage the feud, / Or threat the king with Vaticanian wrath."

Etymology

From Vatican + -ian.

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vatican city

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