Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Papal States en · PROPN

Etymology

On the model of Italian Stati Pontifici, plural of Stato Pontificio; compare the dated direct calque Pontifical States. The plural is typical in English and reflects the Papal States’ highly regionalised administration, but in various European languages, including contemporary Italian, the singular is more common.

Meanings

  1. (historical, plural-normally) A country in southern Europe that existed until 1870, comprising the territories of Italy (and some enclaves in France) over which the pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
the Papal States Number=Plur canonical lexicographic
Papal State Number=Sing lexicographic

Relateds

Vatican City · Holy See

Synonyms

States of the Church · Pontifical States · Ecclesiastical State

Translations (34)

lt Popiežiaus Sritis (state) · cmn 教宗國 /教宗国 (state) · hu Egyházi Állam (state) · ja 教皇領 (state) · ru Па́пское госуда́рство (state) · ga Stáit an Phápa (state) · ru Церко́вное госуда́рство (state) · hu Pápai Állam (state) · cmn 教皇國 /教皇国 (state) · fr États du Pape (state) · es Estados Pontificios (state) · la rēspūblica Sanctī Petrī (state) · pt Estados Papais (state) · ru Па́пская о́бласть (state) · da Kirkestaten (state) · ca Estats Pontificis (state) · id Negara Kepausan (state) · fr États pontificaux (state) · la Status Pontificius (state) · da Pavestaten (state) · la Patrimōnium Petrī (state) · vi Lãnh địa Giáo hoàng (state) · it Stato della Chiesa (state) · fi Kirkkovaltio (state) · la Status Ecclēsiasticus (state) · pl Państwo Kościelne (state) · cy Taleithiau'r Babaeth (state) · it Stato Pontificio (state) · ar الدَّوْلَة الْبَابَوِيَّة (state) · de Kirchenstaat (state) · ar دَوْلَة الْكَنِيسَة (state) · ko 교황령 (state) · ru па́пские владе́ния (state) · ka პაპის ოლქი (state)