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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929;
[syn: Holy See, The Holy See, State of the Vatican City]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

The Holy See n 1: the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929 [syn: Holy See, The Holy See, State of the Vatican City]