VATICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vatican mean? 

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

1. the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VATICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Vatican; Vatican Palace

Instance hypernyms:

residence (the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president))

Holonyms ("Vatican" is a part of...):

Citta del Vaticano; Vatican City (the capital of the State of the Vatican City)

 Context examples 

A major conference to be held at the Vatican is bringing together prominent biologists, ecologists and economists as part of the Biological Extinction conference in a bid to halt the mass extinction.

(Nearly Half the Planet's Species Could Be Wiped Out by the End of This Century, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)