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Pontifical States
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English
Etymology
en it Stati Pontifici.
Proper noun
p Pontifical States Pontifical State 1
en dated historical The Papal States.
en 1891 Rufus King George Washington Cullum George W. Cullum Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. 3rd 1 538 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SXs4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA539 After nearly a quarter of a century’s residence in Milwaukee, he was invited by President Lincoln, immediately after his inauguration, to take the appointment of Minister to the Pontifical States in Italy,