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Vatican City meaning

EN[ˈvæ.tɪ.kən ˈsɪt.i]
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  • Vatican City (/ˈvætɨkən ˈsɪti/), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; pronounced [ˈstaːto della t͡ʃitˈta del vatiˈkaːno]; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae) is a walled enclave within the city of Rome.
  • It is an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state ruled by the Bishop of Rome — the Pope. The highest state functionaries are all Catholic clergy of various national origins.
  • Vatican City is distinct from the Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes), which dates back to early Christianity and is the main episcopal see of 1.2 billion Latin and Eastern Catholic adherents around the globe.
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    Meaning of Vatican City for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this idiom "Vatican City" is a noun, more specifically, a proper noun.
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