Heilige Stoel

Dutch

Etymology

Calque of Latin Sancta Sedes (“Holy See”).

The toponym is Attested as Heiligenstoel in 1899. Named as a reference to the Holy See. Originally the name of a farm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɦɛi̯.lɪ.ɣə ˈstul/

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• Hyphenation: Hei‧li‧ge Stoel
• Rhymes: -ul

Proper noun

De Heilige Stoel m (invariable in the case of the Holy See; always with definite article and capitalized)

1. the Holy See, Rome (the Vatican) as seat of and metonomy for the papacy and the universal Roman Catholic church which it heads
2. A neighborhood of Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “heilige stoel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN