Lateran
['lætərən]
Definition
(noun.) the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace.
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Definition
(n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to the Church of St John Lateran at Rome the Pope's cathedral church on the site of the splendid palace or basilica of Plautius Lateranus (executed 66 A.D.).—Lateran Councils five general councils of the Western Church held in the Lateran basilica (1123 1139 1179 1215 and 1512-17) regarded by Roman Catholics as œcumenical: also an important synod against the Monothelites in 649.
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Examples
- Five Popes tottered to the Lateran to die within the space of ten years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The scandals of the Lateran during its evil days, with which we are all so familiar now, were practically unknown outside Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But intellectually and morally their successors at the Lateran and the Vatican[354] were not equal to their opportunities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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