Etymograph

English

Vaticanology

From Vatican + -ology, coined by British Catholic theologian Charles Davis in 1957 in analogy to Kremlinology.

Formed from Vatican + -ology

Latin Vātī̆cānus ‘Vatican Hill’

English Vatican

The story

From Vatican + -ology, coined by British Catholic theologian Charles Davis in 1957 in analogy to Kremlinology.

Today it means

noun the study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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