Note: The word is often used to indicate the papal authority. Thunders of the Vatican, the anathemas, or denunciations, of the pope.
VATICAN COUNCIL
Vat"i*can Coun"cil. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: The council held under Pope Pius IX. in Vatican at Rome, in 1870, which promulgated the dogma of papal infallibility.
VATICANISM
Vat"i*can*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; — a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.
VATICANIST
Vat"i*can*ist, n.
Defn: One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.
VATICIDE
Vat"i*cide, n. Etym: [L. vates a prophet + caedere to kill.]
Defn: The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet. "The caitiff vaticide." Pope.
VATICINAL
Va*tic"i*nal, a. Etym: [See Vaticinate.]