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German
Etymology
Kirche (“church”) + -n- + Staat (“state”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪʁçənˌʃtaːt/
- Hyphenation: Kir‧chen‧staat
Noun
Kirchenstaat m (mixed, genitive Kirchenstaates or Kirchenstaats, plural Kirchenstaaten)
- (historical, with definite article) the Papal States
- (uncommon, with definite article) Vatican City
- Synonyms: Vatikanstadt, Vatikan
2017 April 16, “Papst Benedikt XVI. wird 90”, in Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, archived from the original on 20 September 2020:Seitdem lebt er zurückgezogen in dem Kirchenstaat.- Since then he has lived in seclusion in Vatican City.
2019 November 26, “Papst gesteht Finanzskandal im Vatikan ein”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 29 November 2019:Franziskus hatte zu Beginn seines Pontifikats eine große Wirtschaftsreform und ein Ende der undurchsichtigen Finanzgeschäfte des Kirchenstaates versprochen.- At the beginning of his pontificate, Francis had promised a major economic reform and an end to the untransparent financial activities of the Vatican.
- state controlled by a church, (by extension) theocracy
1952, Otto Franke, Geschichte des chinesischen Reiches, volume 5, page 146:Das scheint mir aber nicht ausreichend für den Schluß, daß Si-Hia ein Kirchenstaat nach Art des späteren lamaistischen gewesen sei.- That does not, however, seem sufficient to me for the conclusion that Xi Xia was a theocracy of the sort of the later lamaistic one.
2018 June 3, Alexis Wiklund, “Salzburg: Rom des Nordens”, in Gute Reise:Bis 1806 war Salzburg nach Rom der zweitgrößte Kirchenstaat der Welt.- Until 1806 Salzburg was, after Rome, the second greatest church-state in the world.
Usage notes
(Papal States): Usually, but not exclusively, singular.
Declension
Declension of Kirchenstaat