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Heilige Stoel
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Dutch
Etymology
Calque of nl la Sancta Sedes Holy See.
The toponym is Attested as Heiligenstoel in 1899. Named as a reference to the en Holy See. Originally the name of a farm.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌɦɛi̯.lɪ.ɣə ˈstul/
nl Nl-Heilige Stoel.ogg
nl Hei li ge Stoel
nl ul 4
Proper noun
De Heilige Stoel m (invariable in the case of the Holy See; always with definite article and capitalized)
the Holy See, Rome (the Vatican) as seat of and metonomy for the papacy and the universal Roman Catholic church which it heads
nl neighborhood city/Wijchen p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
References
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