Vaticanologyn.
/ˌvatɪkəˈnɒlədʒi/ colloquial.
The study of the history, or analysis of the policies, of the Vatican.
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Vaticanology1976
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 1018/4 It is..several generations since Chesterton's sallies delighted the devout, and Vaticanology has few students in non-Catholic countries.
1982 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Feb. 154/1 It is high time that Vaticanology was recognized as a serious field of historical inquiry.
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ˌVaticaˈnologist n.
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society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > papal court (Curia) > [noun] > study of > one who
Vaticanologist1975
1975 Guardian Weekly 14 Dec. 27 His publishers describe him as ‘a leading Vaticanologist’, and he does appear to know more than most people about the Curia.
1979 M. Craig Man from Far Country xv. 173 Father F. X. Murphy, a renowned Vaticanologist.
1984 D. Yallop In God's Name 62 If the 111 cardinals were as perplexed as the Vaticanologists then the Church was in for a long, confusing Conclave.
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