The official residence of the pope in Vatican City, The palace of the Popes, a mass of buildings of vast extent, built upon the Vatican hill, immediately to the north of the basilica of St. Peter at Rome, the anathemas, or denunciations, of the pope, proper The official residence of the Pope within Vatican City, The papal government; the papacy, Roman Catholicism, adjective_ Relating to the Vatican City state
the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, A Middle English form of room, proper A province of Latium, Italy, The Catholic Church; The Pope (especially before the founding of the Vatican State), A city, the capital of the province of Latium and also of Italy