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Word Pyramids: World Countries XX
In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!!
Starting letter: I
Clues:
1. The seventh tone in the diatonic scale in solfeggio.
2. A British-English word for a small island.
3. A short account of a person's life.
4. Of or characteristic of a prophet; oracular.
5. Pertaining to a remote ancestor.
6. The papal government; the papacy. (------- CITY)
Starting letter: I
Clues:
1. The seventh tone in the diatonic scale in solfeggio.
2. A British-English word for a small island.
3. A short account of a person's life.
4. Of or characteristic of a prophet; oracular.
5. Pertaining to a remote ancestor.
6. The papal government; the papacy. (------- CITY)
Hint
The Holy See.Answer
ITI
AIT
VITA
VATIC
ATAVIC
VATICAN
Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed. Disputes between a series of "prisoner" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. In 1984, a concordat between the Holy See and Italy modified certain of the earlier treaty provisions, including the primacy of Roman Catholicism as the Italian state religion. Present concerns of the Holy See include religious freedom, international development, the Middle East, terrorism, interreligious dialogue and reconciliation, and the application of church doctrine in an era of rapid change and globalization.
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