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Vatican II

Vatican II proper noun: the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, 1962–1965.

Proper noun

Vatican II

  1. The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, 1962–1965.
    • Another big news story of the year concerned the Ecumenical Council in Rome known as Vatican II.1965, Tom Lehrer, spoken introduction to "The Vatican Rag" on That Was the Year That Was
    • "The church teaching before Vatican II was that it was 'gravely sinful' to take 2 ounces of meat on a day of abstinence' such as Friday," said the Rev. Joseph S. Rossi, a Jesuit professor of church history at Loyola College.1995 September 18, Rafael Alvarez, “Catholics asked to avoid eating meat on Fridays Cardinal suggests abstinence in weeks leading up to Pope's visit”, in Baltimore Sun

Questions about Vatican II

What does Vatican II mean?
Vatican II means the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, 1962–1965.
What part of speech is Vatican II?
Vatican II is a proper noun.

Words near Vatican II in the dictionary

  1. vatical
  2. vatically
  3. Vatican
  4. Vatican City
  5. Vatican City State
  6. Vatican II
  7. Vatican roulette
  8. Vaticanal
  9. Vaticanese
  10. Vaticanian
  11. Vaticanians

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