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VATICAN II
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vatican II mean?
• VATICAN II (noun)
The noun VATICAN II has 1 sense:
1. the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms
Familiarity information: VATICAN II used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Second Vatican Council; Vatican II
Hypernyms ("Vatican II" is a kind of...):
Vatican Council (each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church)
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