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Russian
vere papa mortus est
Portuguese
sede vacante
Spanish
sede vacante
Catalan
seu vacant

Expression in Catholic and Anglican canon law referring to an episcopal vacancy.

vere papa mortus est
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I don't know whether I don't want samples of his coins, and the little pieces struck during the sede vacante.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2