LATERAN TREATY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lateran Treaty mean? 

• LATERAN TREATY (noun)
  The noun LATERAN TREATY has 1 sense:

1. the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state

  Familiarity information: LATERAN TREATY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERAN TREATY (noun)

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Meaning:

The agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

compact; concordat; covenant (a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action)