Vatican

vat′i-kan, n. an a emblage of buildings on the Vatican hill in Rome, including one of the pope's palaces: the papal authority.— ns. Vat′icanism , the system of theology and ecclesiastical government based on absolute papal authority, ultramontanism; Vat′icanist , one who upholds such a system.— Vatican Codex , a famous uncial MS. of the Greek Testament, of the 4th century, in the Vatican library at Rome; Vatican Council , the Twentieth Ecumenical Council, according to popish reckoning, which met 8th December 1869 and proclaimed the Infallibility of the Pope. [Fr.,—It. Vatic a no —L. Mons Vatican us , a hill in Rome.]