noun
derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
• Members of this Topic: ↑canonization, ↑canonisation, ↑bishop
• Hypernyms: ↑Catholic Church
• Hyponyms: ↑Greek Orthodox Church, ↑Greek Church, ↑Russian Orthodox Church
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Eastern Church or Eastern Orthodox Church noun
The churches which follow the ancient rite of the East and accept the first seven councils, rejecting papal supremacy, as distinguished from the Western Church (also Orthodox Church, Greek Church, Greek Orthodox Church, Orthodox Eastern Church)
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Main Entry: ↑east
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.