Vaticanologist

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English

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Etymology

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From Vaticanology +‎ -ist, coined in analogy to Kremlinologist.

Noun

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Vaticanologist (plural Vaticanologists)

  1. One who practices or studies Vaticanology.
    Synonym: Vaticanist
    • 1986, Paul Collins, Mixed blessings: John Paul II and the Church of the eighties:
      Anyone who writes on the contemporary Catholic Church is in the debt of Peter Hebblethwaite, Vaticanologist extraordinary and expert on modern Catholicism.

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