Second Vatican Council
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~ the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms
State of the Vatican City
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~ the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929
Sarah Vaughan
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~ United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990)
solanaceous vegetable
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~ any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon