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Noun: Lateran  la-tu-run
  1. The site in Rome containing the Basilica of St. John Lateran (the cathedral church of Rome) and the Lateran Palace
    "The Lateran has been an important centre of the Catholic Church for centuries"

Type of: land site, site

Part of: capital of Italy, Eternal City, Italian capital, Roma, Rome

Encyclopedia: Lateran, Saint John