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States of the Church
States of the Church pl n (Historical Terms) another name for the Papal States Pa′pal States′
n.pl. the areas in central Italy ruled by the popes from a.d. 755 until the unification of Italy in 1870. Also called States of the Church. States of the Church
States of the Church: see Papal StatesPapal States,
Ital. Lo Stato della Chiesa, from 754 to 1870 an independent territory under the temporal rule of the popes, also called the States of the Church and the Pontifical States. The territory varied in size at different times; in 1859 it included c.
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