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, the anathemas, or denunciations, of the pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (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 ]

v. i. & t. [ L. vaticinatus, p. p. of vaticinari to prophesy, fr. vaticinus prophetical, fr. vates a prophet. ] To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vaticinatio. ] Prediction; prophecy. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not a false utterance; it is a true, though an impetuous, vaticination. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who vaticinates; a prophet. [ 1913 Webster ]