Second Vatican Council

Definitions of Second Vatican Council
  1. noun
    the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms
    synonyms: Vatican II
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    Vatican Council
    each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church
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