HyperDic: papal_states

English > 1 sense of the expression *Papal States*:
NOUN	location	Papal States	the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy)

English > *Papal States*: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaning	The temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy).
Instance of	district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion	A region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Part of	Italy, Italian Republic, Italia	A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula
Spanish	Estados Pontificios