Papal States

English Etymology On the model of en it Stati Pontifici, plural of it Stato Pontificio; compare the dated direct calque en Pontifical States. The plural is typical in English and reflects the Papal States’ highly regionalised administration, but in various European languages, including contemporary Italian, the singular is more common. Proper noun p Papal States Papal State 1 en historical en country in southern cont/Europe that existed until 1870, comprising the territories of Italy (and some enclaves in France) over which the pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense. en States of the Church dated Pontifical States Ecclesiastical State archaic Translations state Arabic: ar دَوْلَة الْكَنِيسَة f, ar الدَّوْلَة الْبَابَوِيَّة f Catalan: ca Estats Pontificis m-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 教宗國 Jiàozōngguó, cmn 教皇國 Jiàohuángguó Danish: da Kirkestaten, da Pavestaten uncommon Finnish: fi Kirkkovaltio s French: fr États pontificaux m-p, fr États du Pape m-p Georgian: ka პაპის ოლქი German: de Kirchenstaat m-s Hungarian: hu Pápai Állam s, hu Egyházi Állam s Indonesian: id Negara Kepausan Irish: ga Stáit an Phápa m-p Italian: it Stato Pontificio m-s, it Stato della Chiesa m-s Japanese: ja 教皇領 Kyōkōryō Korean: ko 교황령(敎皇領) Latin: la Status Pontificius m-s, la Status Ecclēsiasticus m-s, la Patrimōnium Petrī n-s, la rēspūblica Sanctī Petrī f-s early medieval Lithuanian: lt Popiežiaus Sritis f Polish: pl Państwo Kościelne n Portuguese: pt Estados Papais m-p Russian: ru Па́пское госуда́рство n, ru Церко́вное госуда́рство n, ru Па́пская о́бласть f, ru па́пские владе́ния n-p Spanish: es Estados Pontificios m-p Vietnamese: vi Lãnh địa Giáo hoàng Welsh: cy Taleithiau'r Babaeth f-p See also en Vatican City en Holy See en Former polities