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    THE HOLY SEE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 1929play

    Synonyms:

    Holy See; State of the Vatican City; The Holy See

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    see (the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located)

    European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

    Meronyms (parts of "The Holy See"):

    Citta del Vaticano; Vatican City (the capital of the State of the Vatican City)

    Holonyms ("The Holy See" is a part of...):

    capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (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)

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