sveta stolica
sveti sedež, sveta stolica
the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929 [najmanjša suverena država na svetu; sedež papeža (kot škofa Rima); dom papeža in centralne uprave Rimske katoliške cerkve; pridobila neodvisnost od Italije leta 1929]