FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does First Vatican Council mean? 

• FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL (noun)
  The noun FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL used as a noun is very rare.

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• FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

First Vatican Council; Vatican I

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

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