Meanings
nounVaticanology (uncountable)
- uncountablethe study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican
Origin
From Vatican + -ology, coined by British Catholic theologian Charles Davis in 1957 in analogy to Kremlinology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French vaticanologie
- vaticanologiestudy of Vatican politics
Polish watykanologia
- watykanologiastudy of Vatican politics
Russian ватиканология
- ватиканология (vatikanologija)study of Vatican politics
Spanish vaticanología
- vaticanologíastudy of Vatican politics
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Vaticanology
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Vaticanology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vaticanology
MLA
“Vaticanology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vaticanology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vaticanology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vaticanology.
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