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Vaticanology

Vaticanology noun: the study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican.

Noun

Vaticanology (uncountable)

  1. the study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican

Origin of Vaticanology

From Vatican + -ology, coined by British Catholic theologian Charles Davis in 1957 in analogy to Kremlinology.

Words formed from Vaticanology

Questions about Vaticanology

What does Vaticanology mean?
Vaticanology means the study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican.
What part of speech is Vaticanology?
Vaticanology is a noun.

Words near Vaticanology in the dictionary

  1. Vaticanizes
  2. Vaticanizing
  3. vaticanol
  4. Vaticanologist
  5. Vaticanologists
  6. Vaticanology
  7. vaticanols
  8. vaticidal
  9. vaticide
  10. vaticides
  11. vaticinal

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