FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Vatican Council in 1869-1870 that proclaimed the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra

Synonyms:

First Vatican Council; Vatican I

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("First Vatican Council" is a kind of...):

Vatican Council (each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church)

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