n. [ A dialectic form for fat, OE. fat, AS. fæt; akin to D. vat, OS. fat, G. fass, OHG. faz, Icel. & Sw. fat, Dan. fad, Lith. půdas a pot, and probably to G. fassen to seize, to contain, OHG. fazzōn, D. vatten. Cf. Fat a vat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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Let him produce his vats and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ L. vates a prophet. ] Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. Vaticanus, mons, or collis, Vaticanus, the Vatican hill, in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber: cf. F. Vatican, It. Vaticano. ] A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The word is often used to indicate the papal authority. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thunders of the Vatican,
. (R. C. Ch.) The council held under Pope Pius IX. in Vatican at Rome, in 1870, which promulgated the dogma of papal infallibility. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. vates a prophet + caedere to kill. ] The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet. “The caitiff vaticide.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Vaticinate. ] Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]