papal states

English Thesaurus

1. the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy) (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory,
definition	:	a region marked off for administrative or other purposes (noun.location)

part meronym	:	italia, italian republic, italy,
definition	:	a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD (noun.location)