sb. and a. [f. as prec. + -IST.]
A. sb. An adherent or supporter of the Vatican or of Vaticanism.
1846. Worcester, Vaticanist, an adherent to the Vatican. Ec. Rev.
1873. Guardian, 20 Aug., 1086/1. We are the true Catholics, we are the true members of the Church, and the Vaticanists have made a new sect.
1875. Gladstone, Glean. (1879), VI. 219. The Court of Rome, acting on its now invariable policy, filled the office [Bishop of Mantua] with a thorough-paced Vaticanist.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Vaticanism or its adherents.
1892. Church Times, 11 March, 250/4. The adequate maintenance of the Vaticanist claims.
1899. Westm. Gaz., 17 Aug., 3/3. The fundamental question between the Vaticanist Cæsar and the English Church.
