Vatican

Definitions

1. The official residence of the Pope within Vatican City, the Vatican or Apostolic Palace.
2. The papal government; the papacy, the Holy See.
   metonymically
3. A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.
4. The Vatican Hill in Rome, where the palace and Vatican City are located.

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Examples

“Unlike most other countries in the world, citizenship in Vatican City isn’t solely provided to people that are born in the country. As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there. Instead, Vatican citizenship is provided on a ‘jus officii’ basis.”

“He [Caligula] began to build⟳ a circus upon the Vatican.”

CEFR level