PAPAL STATES

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

Holonyms ("Papal States" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

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