States of the Church
Britishplural noun
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I was born in the small city of S————, in the States of the Church, not far from the Neapolitan frontier.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe
The Roman See is brought into the same position towards other States which it now occupies towards Italy in regard to the provinces formerly belonging to the States of the Church.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
It will be seen, when it is considered what troops this army was composed of, that it was wholly alien in the States of the Church.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell
Next came the States of the Church, sending sixty-two bishops.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell
If the levies contributed by the States of the Church and Tuscany were insignificant in a warlike point of view, they were most expressive signs of popular feeling at least.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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