(n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.
Example Sentences:
(1) All popes in living memory have held the service either in St Peter's or the Basilica of St John in Lateran, which is the pope's cathedral church in his capacity as bishop of Rome.
(2) He had surprised the Vatican with his decision to wash the prisoners' feet – a move that echoed the early years of John Paul II, who once performed the rite in the St John Lateran basilica with a dozen homeless men.
(3) During his two administrations, the government succeeded in reducing inflation by trimming the system of automatic wage indexation and negotiated a new concordat with the Vatican to replace the 1929 Lateran Pact.
Palace
Definition:
(n.) The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception.
(n.) The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.
(n.) Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.
Example Sentences:
(1) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
(2) The brightly lit ice palaces themselves are stunning, inside and out, and the sporting facilities have been rightly praised by almost all the athletes.
(3) Alfred Liyolo, 71, one of Congo’s leading sculptors , sold several bronzes to the palace in Gbadolite and designed a church and tomb for Mobutu’s first wife; all were lost or destroyed in the looting.
(4) In a statement, a St James's Palace spokesman said: "The Duchess of Cambridge has been discharged from the King Edward VII hospital and will now head to Kensington Palace for a period of rest.
(5) For Kevin Phillips, just like Wilfried Zaha, this might have been his final act as a Crystal Palace player.
(6) Buckingham Palace was drawn into the dispute when it was revealed that Pownall had sought advice from the Lord Chamberlain, a key officer in the royal household, on the potential misuse of the portcullis emblem due to it being the property of the Queen.
(7) The 180-acre imperial palace appears to send ripples through the surrounding urban grain like a rock thrown into a pond, forming the successive layers of ring-roads.
(8) A couple of years ago, I interviewed a cleaner at Buckingham Palace .
(9) The palace and the politicians expect a smooth succession to the reign of Charles III, even though he is a man who has spent his life demonstrating how woefully unqualified he is to be a constitutional king.
(10) Watford confirm signing of Uruguay defender Miguel Britos from Napoli Read more Gestede, 26, saw a move to the Premier League fall through in January after Blackburn turned down an offer from Crystal Palace.
(11) A Benn family spokesperson said: "At the suggestion of the Speaker of the House of Commons and by agreement with the Lords Speaker, Black Rod and the dean of Westminster Abbey, an approach was made by Black Rod to the palace for agreement that Mr Benn's body rest in the chapel of St Mary Undercroft on the night before his funeral.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Queen hosts the banquet in the Buckingham Palace ballroom.
(13) We have chosen Essid because he is independent and has experience in the areas of security and the economy,” the speaker of Congress, Mohamed Naceur, said outside the congressional palace.
(14) Water supplies are restricted to the wealthy few, and landmark buildings such as the presidential palace remain wrecked nine years after the end of the war.
(15) But every time they did, Palace broke away and scored.
(16) RTL said Trierweiler had let it be known that she had not had a "nervous breakdown" when Hollande confessed to his alleged affair with Julie Gayet, 41, hours before Closer magazine published its "special edition" claiming Hollande had been secretly leaving the Elysée Palace for secret trysts with the actor.
(17) You think you’re back in the game at 1-1, but Crystal Palace are a strong team.
(18) At the famed Winter Palace , formerly the home of the Egyptian royal family, ornate gold-and-glass chandeliers hang over empty brocade sofas, awaiting visitors.
(19) While arguments will persist over the rights and wrongs of publishing, what seems certain is that the incident will inflame already tense relations between Buckingham Palace and the European media.
(20) As a suitor for the hand of a beautiful princess, you’ll have to overcome the royal family, the palace guards and rival players to deliver your love letter.