Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun holy_see

1 sense of holy see

Sense 1
Holy See, The Holy See, State of the Vatican City -- (the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929)
       INSTANCE OF=> European country, European nation -- (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
       INSTANCE OF=> see -- (the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located)