Papal States

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A country in southern Europe that existed until 1870, comprising the territories of Italy (and some enclaves in France) over which the pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense.

historical, plural-normally

Equivalents

EspañolEstados Pontificios

FrançaisÉtats pontificaux

DeutschKirchenstaat

10 more languages

العربيةالدَّوْلَة الْبَابَوِيَّة دَوْلَة الْكَنِيسَة

CatalàEstats Pontificis

CymraegTaleithiau'r Babaeth

SuomiKirkkovaltio

ItalianoStato della Chiesa Stato Pontificio

日本語教皇領

한국어교황령

PolskiPaństwo Kościelne

PortuguêsEstados Papais

РусскийПа́пская о́бласть па́пские владе́ния Па́пское госуда́рствоцерко́вное госуда́рство

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

papal supremacy papalagi Papaleo papalism papalist papality

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