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HOLY SEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929
Synonyms:
Holy See; State of the Vatican City; The Holy See
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
see (the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located)
European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Holy See"):
Citta del Vaticano; Vatican City (the capital of the State of the Vatican City)
Holonyms ("Holy See" is a part of...):
capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)
