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Definition: The Holy See |
The 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. |
Synonyms: The Holy SeeSynonyms: Holy See (n), State of the Vatican City (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: The Holy See |
| English words defined with "The Holy See": apostolic delegate ♦ Effectual calling, Erastian ♦ Galahad, Golden rose ♦ Rota ♦ Saint James's shell, Sir Galahad. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "The Holy See": Baptism, Behram ♦ Commodore 64, Cuthbert ♦ Deputy ♦ -endian ♦ Glory be to the Father, Greal ♦ Holy Isle, holy wars ♦ INCUBUS ♦ Michal ♦ real operating system, righteousness ♦ Seven Senses, Seven Virtues ♦ Visual Interface ♦ Wailing-place, Jews'. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "The Holy See": hollyhock ♦ sanctuary. (references) |
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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. | ||
| 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 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) папский престол. (various references) 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) VA (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City, what), påvestolen, Heliga stolen (State of the Vatican City, Vatican City). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 65      48 6F 6C 79      53 65 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001000 01101111 01101100 01111001 00100000 01010011 01100101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T h e   H o l y   S e e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0068 0065      0048 006F 006C 0079      0053 0065 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5474712428178912537171 |
| 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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