Papal States

English

Etymology

Translation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian Stati Pontifici, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Status Pontificius

Proper noun

Papal States

1. One of the major historical states of Italy before the peninsula was unified in 1861. It comprised those territories over which the Pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense.

Translations

state

• Danish: Kirkestaten, Pavestaten (uncommon)
• Finnish: Kirkkovaltio
• French: États pontificaux (fr) m pl
• Georgian: პაპის ოლქი (ṗaṗis olki)
• Indonesian: Negara Kepausan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Stato Pontificio m
• Latin: Status Pontificius m
• Portuguese: Estados Papais m pl
• Spanish: Estados Pontificios m pl