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Papal States

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Pa·pal States  (ppl)
A group of territories in central Italy ruled by the popes from 754 until 1870. They were originally given to the papacy by Pepin the Short and reached their greatest extent in 1859. The last papal statethe Vatican Citywas formally established as a separate state by the Lateran Treaty of 1929.
Papal States
pl n
(Historical Terms) the temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 ad until the unification of Italy in 1870 Also called States of the Church
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Noun1.Papal States - the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy)
Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
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Papal States
pl (Hist) → Kirchenstaat m


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This shows that the Papal States are as far advanced as Turkey.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
One would almost imagine from the long list that is given of cannibal primates, bishops, arch-deacons, prebendaries, and other inferior ecclesiastics, that the sacerdotal order far outnumbered the rest of the population, and that the poor natives were more severely priest-ridden than even the inhabitants of the papal states.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Ten young descendants of Marius and the Gracchi, barefooted and out at elbows, with one hand resting on the hip and the other gracefully curved above the head, stared at the traveller, the post-chaise, and the horses; to these were added about fifty little vagabonds from the Papal States, who earned a pittance by diving into the Tiber at high water from the bridge of St.
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