Lateran Palace

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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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Example Sentences

He created Titian a Count of the Lateran Palace, of the Aulic Council, and of the Consistory; with the title of Count Palatine, and all the advantages attached to those dignities.

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Then his Holiness descended from the Throne, and being seated in his Procession Chair, was carry’d to the Lateran Palace.

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Kindled by these words, all the armed men in the city of Rome, young and old, flocked to the Lateran Palace.

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They have been carefully removed from the cemeteries, and are now systematically arranged by M. de Rossi, on the walls of the Christian museum, recently formed by order of Pius IX., in the Lateran Palace.

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Pope Innocent III. was walking in a garden of the Lateran Palace when a beggar, dusty and pale, confronted him.

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