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The Holy See

Definition: The Holy See

The Holy See

Noun

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: The Holy See

Synonyms: Holy See (n), State of the Vatican City (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: The Holy See

English words defined with "The Holy See": apostolic delegateEffectual calling, ErastianGalahad, Golden roseRotaSaint James's shell, Sir Galahad. (references)
Specialty definitions using "The Holy See": Baptism, BehramCommodore 64, CuthbertDeputy-endianGlory be to the Father, GrealHoly Isle, holy warsINCUBUSMichalreal operating system, righteousnessSeven Senses, Seven VirtuesVisual InterfaceWailing-place, Jews'. (references)
Etymologies containing "The Holy See": hollyhocksanctuary. (references)

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Commercial Usage: The Holy See

DomainTitle

Books

  • Library of Congress Classification. Kbr, Kbu. History of Canon Law. Law of the Roman Catholic Church, the Holy See (reference)

  • Serving the Human Family: The Holy See at the Major United Nations Conferences (reference)

  • The Holy See and Children: The Participation of the Holy See at the World Summit for Children, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, 29-30 September 1990 (reference)

  • The Holy See, British Policy, and the Plan of Campaign Ireland (reference)

  • The Papacy and the Middle East: The Role of the Holy See in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1962-1984 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: The Holy See

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: The Holy See

Language Translations for "The Holy See"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Vatikanstaten (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City State), VA (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Pavestolen (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City State). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Vaticaanstad (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City State), VA (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Staat Vaticaanstad (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), de Staat Vaticaanstad (Vatican City State). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Vatikaani (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), VA (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Pyhä istuin (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City). (various references)

   

French

  

Vatican (the Vatican), VA (State of the Vatican City), L'Etat de la Cité du Vatican, le Vatican (State of the Vatican City), le Saint-Siège (State of the Vatican City), l'État de la Cité du Vatican (State of the Vatican City). (various references)

   

German

  

Vatikanstadt (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City State), VA (Holy See, Management Committee, State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Staat Vatikanstadt (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City State), der Staat Vatikanstadt (Vatican City State). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

VA (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), 'ατικανό (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Αγία Έδρα· Κράτος της όλης του 'ατικανού (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Vaticano (State of the Vatican City, Vatican, Vatican City), VA (added value, goes, Holy See, it goes, net value added, State of the Vatican City, value added, Vatican City, you go), Stato della Citt del Vaticano (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City State), Santa Sede (holy see, State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Citt del Vaticano (Vatican, Vatican City, Vatican City State). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ethay olyhay eesay

   

Portuguese

  

Vaticano (State of the Vatican City, the Vatican, Vatican, Vatican City), VA (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Estado da Cidade do Vaticano (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

папский престол. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

VA (are you going, goes, is going, is it going, it goes, State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Santa Sede (holy see, State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City), El Vaticano (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

VA (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City, what), påvestolen, Heliga stolen (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: The Holy See

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-h-l-o-s-t-y"

-2 letters: eyeholes.

-3 letters: eyehole, eyelets, eyeshot.

-4 letters: ethyls, eyelet, helots, hostel, hostly, hotels, hoyles, lethes, seethe, shelty, sleety, steely, tholes.

-5 letters: ethos, ethyl, heels, helos, helot, heths, holes, holey, holts, hosel, hotel, hotly, hoyle, leets, lethe, seely, sheet, sheol, shote, sleet, sloth, steel, stele, stole, style, teels, teles, telos, these, thole, those, toles, tyees.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-h-l-o-s-t-y"
 

+4 letters: heterophyllies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: The Holy See


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 68 65      48 6F 6C 79      53 65 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001000 01101111 01101100 01111001 00100000 01010011 01100101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#72 &#111 &#108 &#121 &#32 &#83 &#101 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0068 0065      0048 006F 006C 0079      0053 0065 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5474712428178912537171

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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