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Vaticanian

Vaticanian noun: a person from Vatican City.

Noun

Vaticanian (plural Vaticanians)

  1. (informal, uncommon) A person from Vatican City.

Adjective

Vaticanian (not comparable)

  1. (literary, uncommon) Relating to the Vatican (any sense); (figuratively) papal.
    • 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.1843, George Castleden, Retribution, Loyal Lyrics, and Fugitive Pieces […], page 35
    • There is not the faintest reason for attributing to M. Thiers a Vaticanian infallibility in politics.1875 December 31, “French Politics”, in Pall Mall Budget, volume 15, page 523
    Synonyms:
    Vaticanal, Vaticanic

Synonyms of Vaticanian

Forms of Vaticanian

pluralVaticanians

Origin of Vaticanian

From Vatican + -ian.

Words that rhyme with Vaticanian

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Questions about Vaticanian

What does Vaticanian mean?
Vaticanian means a person from Vatican City.
What part of speech is Vaticanian?
Vaticanian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Vaticanian?
The plural of Vaticanian is Vaticanians.

Words near Vaticanian in the dictionary

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

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