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Vaticanese

Vaticanese adjective: of or pertaining to the Vatican City.

Adjective

Vaticanese (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to the Vatican City.

Proper noun

Vaticanese

  1. (informal) Ecclesiastical Latin as spoken in the Vatican City.
  2. (informal) Jargon associated with the Catholic Church and/or the papal government.

Origin of Vaticanese

From Vatican + -ese.

Questions about Vaticanese

What does Vaticanese mean?
Vaticanese means of or pertaining to the Vatican City.
What part of speech is Vaticanese?
Vaticanese can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Vaticanese in the dictionary

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

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