Holy See

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhəʊli ˈsiː/

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Proper noun

Holy See

1. The episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent see of the Catholic Church. It is also the sovereign entity headed by the Pope which governs the Vatican and represents the Catholic Church in temporal affairs.

Translations

episcopal see of the Catholic Church

• Afrikaans: Heilige Stoel m
• Albanian: Selia e Shenjtë
• Arabic: اَلْكُرْسِيّ اَلرَّسُولِيّ m (al-kursiyy ar-rasūliyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: الكرسى البابوى

• Aragonese: Santa Seu f
• Armenian: Սուրբ Աթոռ f (Surb Atʻoṙ)
• Asturian: Santa Sede f
• Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs Taxt-Tac, Müqəddəs Prestol
• Basque: Egoitza Santua
• Belarusian: Святы Прастол m (Svjaty Prastól)
• Bulgarian: Свети престол m (Sveti prestol)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Свята Столиця (Svjata Stolycja)
• Catalan: Santa Seu f
• Cebuano: Balaang Sede
• Chechen: Сийлахь Паччахьалла (Siı̇laḥʳ Paččaḥʳalla)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聖座 / 圣座 (sing³ zo⁶)

  Hokkien: Sèng-chō

  Mandarin: 聖座 / 圣座 (shèngzuò)

  Wu: 聖座 / 圣座

• Chuvash: Сӑваплӑ Астул (Săvaplă Astul)
• Czech: Svatý stolec (cs) m, Svatá stolice f
• Danish: Hellige stol c
• Dutch: Heilige Stoel (nl) m
• Esperanto: Apostola Seĝo
• Estonian: Püha Tool, Püha Aujärg
• Faroese: pávastólur m
• Finnish: Pyhä istuin
• French: Saint-Siège (fr) f
• Galician: Santa Sé f
• Georgian: წმინდა საყდარი (c̣minda saq̇dari)
• German: Heiliger Stuhl (de) m
• Greek: Αγία Έδρα f (Agía Édra)
• Hebrew: הַכֵּס הַקָּדוֹשׁ m (hakés haqadósh)
• Hindi: होली सी (holī sī)
• Hungarian: Apostoli Szentszék
• Icelandic: Páfastóll m
• Indonesian: Tahta Suci
• Interlingua: Sancte Sede
• Irish: An Suí Naofa f
• Italian: Santa Sede f, Sede Apostolica f
• Japanese: 聖座 (せいざ, seiza)
• Javanese: Dhampar Suci
• Kapampangan: Banal a Sede
• Kazakh: Папалық Тақ (Papalyq Taq)
• Korean: 성좌(聖座) (seongjwa)
• Latin: Sāncta Sēdēs f
• Latvian: Svētais Krēsls m
• Lithuanian: Šventasis Sostas m
• Lombard: Santa Sed (lmo)
• Macedonian: Све́та Сто́лица f (Svéta Stólica)
• Malay: Takhta Suci
• Maltese: Santa Sede f
• Manipuri: ꯍꯣꯂꯤ ꯁꯤ (holee see)
• Mongolian: Гэгээн Ширээт Улс (Gegeen Šireet Uls)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hellige stol m

  Nynorsk: Heilage stolen m

• Occitan: Sieu Apostolica f, Santa Sieu f
• Persian: سریر مقدس (sarir moqaddas)
• Polish: Stolica Apostolska (pl) f, Stolica Święta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Santa Sé (pt) f
• Romanian: Sfântul Scaun (ro) n
• Russian: Свято́й Престо́л m (Svjatój Prestól)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Све̑та̄ Сто̀лица f

  Roman: Svȇtā Stòlica f

• Sinhalese: ශුද්ධාසනය (śuddhāsanaya)
• Slovak: Svätý stolec m, Svätá stolica f
• Slovene: Sveti sedež (sl) m, Sveta stolica f
• Spanish: Santa Sede
• Swahili: Ukulu mtakatifu
• Swedish: Heliga stolen c
• Tagalog: Santa Sede
• Tamil: திரு ஆட்சிப்பீடம் (tiru āṭcippīṭam)
• Thai: สันตะสำนัก (sǎn-dtà-sǎm-nák)
• Turkish: Kutsal Makam
• Ukrainian: Святи́й Престо́л m (Svjatýj Prestól)
• Vietnamese: Tòa Thánh
• Waray-Waray: Baraan nga Sede
• Welsh: Esgobaeth y Pab
• Western Panjabi: پوتر کرسی (potr krsī)