Category:Vatican

Vat"i*can, n. Etym: [l. Vaticanus, mons, or collis, vaticanus, the Vatican hill, in rome, on the western bank of the tiber: cf. F. Vatican, it. Vaticano.]

Defn: 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.

Note: the word is often used to indicate the papal authority. Thunders of the vatican, the anathemas, or denunciations, of the Pope.