Vaticanian

English

Etymology

Vatican +‎ -ian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪniən

Noun

Vaticanian (plural Vaticanians)

  1. (uncommon, informal) A person from Vatican City.

Translations

Adjective

Vaticanian (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon, chiefly literary) Relating to the Vatican (any sense); (figuratively) papal.
    Synonyms: Vaticanal, Vaticanic
    • 1843, George Castleden, Retribution, Loyal Lyrics, and Fugitive Pieces […], page 35:
      The pope of Rome, when all remonstrance fail’d, / As the last act of his supremacy / Commission’d Legates to assuage the feud, / Or threat the king with Vaticanian wrath.
    • 1875 December 31, “French Politics”, in Pall Mall Budget, volume 15, page 523:
      There is not the faintest reason for attributing to M. Thiers a Vaticanian infallibility in politics.
    • 1881, The Illustrated History of the World, for the English People […], volume 1, page 371:
      The Patres immediately appointed Q. Cincinnatus dictator. A sergeant brought him the announcement to the Vaticanian field, where he cultivated a juga of land with four yoke of oxen.

Translations
Vatican — see Vatican
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