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Definition: Holy See |
Holy SeeNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Often the term Holy See is defined as the office or jurisdiction of the Pope. It may also be defined as the head of the Roman Catholic church, including the Pope. By this latter definition, the Holy See continues to exist when the papacy is vacant after the death or resignation of the Pope. During such vacancies the Catholic Church and the Vatican City are governed oligarchically by the College of Cardinals. The Holy See is recognized as having legal personality under international law.The Holy See is legally distinguishable from the Vatican City, which is a territory over which the Holy See has sovereignty: some treaties the Holy See is a party to in itself, other treaties it is a party to in respect of the Vatican City.
However, the foreign embassies are credited to the Holy See and not to the Vatican State.
Generally, the Holy See as a party to a treaty reflects the interests of the Roman Catholic church, while Vatican City is generally only party to treaties which are not of general significance, e.g., treaties regarding co-operation with Italy.
Apart from Rome the episcopal see of Mainz is also called a holy see.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Holy See."
Synonyms: Holy SeeSynonyms: State of the Vatican City (n), The Holy See (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Holy See |
| English words defined with "Holy See": apostolic delegate ♦ Golden rose ♦ Rota. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Holy See": Spirit, Holy. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Macau | In April the Holy See appointed a coadjutor Bishop for the Macau diocese. (references) |
China | Some bishops in the official Catholic Church are not openly recognized by the Holy See, although many have been recognized privately. (references) | |
China | The Government so far has refused to establish diplomatic relations with the Holy See, and there is no Vatican representative in the country. (references) | |
Economic History | The Holy See | In 1997 the Holy See became a member of the World Trade Organization. (references) |
The Holy See | Unlike the Holy See, it does not receive or send diplomatic representatives. (references) | |
The Holy See | The Pope rules the Holy See through the Roman Curia and the Papal Civil Service. (references) | |
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Expressions using "Holy See": holy See (vatican City) ♦ the holy see. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
holy see | 62 |
holy see vatican | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "Holy See"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | папски престол. (various references) | |
Danish | Vatikanstaten (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City, Vatican City State), VA (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City), Pavestolen (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City, Vatican City State). (various references) | |
Dutch | Honorair Ambassaderaad voor kerkelijke aangelegenheden bij de Ambassade van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden bij de Heilige Stoel (Honorary Counsellor for Ecclesiastical Affairs at the Royal Netherlands Embassy to the Holy See), Vaticaanstad (Vatican City), VA (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City), Staat Vaticaanstad (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City), de Staat Vaticaanstad (The Holy See, Vatican City State). (various references) | |
Finnish | paavinistuin (papal chair). (various references) | |
French | VAT, VA (The Holy See), Saint-Siège. (various references) | |
German | Heiliger Stuhl, VAT, VA (Management Committee, State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City). (various references) | |
Greek | VA (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City), Βατικανό (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City), Αγία Έδρα· Κράτος της Πόλης του Βατικανού (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szentszék. (various references) | |
Italian | Santa Sede (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 教皇庁 (Vatican). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きょうこうちょう (Vatican). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olyhay eesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Vaticano (vatican), VA (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City), Estado da Cidade do Vaticano (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City). (various references) | |
Russian | папский престол (the Holy See). (various references) | |
Spanish | santa sede (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City). (various references) | |
Swedish | Heliga stolen (The Holy See), VA (what), påvestolen (the holy see). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-l-o-s-y" | |
-1 letter: hoyles. | |
-2 letters: heels, helos, holes, holey, hosel, hoyle, seely, sheol. | |
-3 letters: eels, eely, else, eyes, heel, helo, hoes, hole, hols, holy, hose, hoys, lees, leys, lose, lyes, lyse, oles, oyes, seel, shoe, sloe, sole. | |
-4 letters: eel, els, eye, hes, hey, hoe, hoy, lee, ley, lye, oes, ohs, ole, ose, see, sel, she, shy, sly. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-l-o-s-y" | |
+1 letter: eyeholes, keyholes. | |
+2 letters: hemolyses, hemolyzes. | |
+3 letters: cohesively, hopelessly, hydroceles, hyperboles, polythenes. | |
+4 letters: heartsomely, heterolyses, heterolysis, holoenzymes, honeysuckle, horseplayer, housewifely, lecherously, phylogenies, polychaetes, wholesomely. | |
+5 letters: blithesomely, cyclohexanes, hemodialyses, heterocycles, hobbledehoys, honeysuckles, horseplayers, hyperbolizes, myelopathies, polyhedroses, softheadedly. | |
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