Papal States

plural noun

1. the areas comprising a large district in central Italy ruled as a temporal domain by the popes from a.d. 755 until the greater part of it was annexed in 1860, by Victor Emmanuel II: the remaining part, Rome and its environs, was absorbed into the kingdom of Italy in 1870.

Papal States

plural noun

1. Also called: States of the Church. the temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 _ad until the unification of Italy in 1870

Example Sentences

"Unlike the Kingdom of Naples, for example, the production of documentation related to earthquakes has certainly been poorer in the Papal States, of which the Marche Region was a part in the 15th century."

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The wall’s aim was to limit passage between French territory and the Comtat Venaissin, an enclave controlled by the Papal States.

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Though Europe in the 19th century was moving toward democracy, in the Papal States the pope held almost total power, using spies and the guillotine to enforce his will.

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But, after the Italian kingdom fully conquered the Papal States, in the nineteenth century, the church became “more priestly,” as Faggioli put it.

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Though Europe in the 19th century was moving toward democracy, in the Papal States the pope and the church had near total power over its residences.

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