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Lateran Palace

noun

  1. a palace in Rome used as the papal residence from the 4th century a.d. to the removal of the papal court to Avignon, rebuilt in 1586, and now a museum for classical and Christian antiques.


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He carried these images of his new masters, bathed in innocent blood, into the oratory of the Lateran palace.

The Lateran Palace, so long deserted, awoke to receive a royal guest.

He himself undertakes to build a church in his Lateran palace.

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Lateran CouncilLater Han