Vatican Council

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Vatican Council
    n 1: each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Vatican Council \Vat"i*can Coun"cil\ (R. C. Ch.)
   The council held under Pope Pius IX. in Vatican at Rome, in
   1870, which promulgated the dogma of papal infallibility.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]