CHALCEDONIAN

Meaning of CHALCEDONIAN in English

[ ˌkalsɪ'dəʊnɪən ]

■ adjective relating to the ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held at Chalcedon in ancient Bithynia in 451, which affirmed the dual but united nature of Christ as god and man.

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CHALCEDONIAN — adjective Date: 1758 of or relating to Chalcedon or the ecumenical council held there in A.D. 451 declaring Monophysitism heretical, …
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CHALCEDONIAN — I. |kalsə|dōnēən, -nyən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Chalcedon, ancient city (now Kadiköy ) in Asia Minor opposite Byzantium (from …
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CHALCEDONIAN — adjective Date: 1758 : of or relating to Chalcedon or the ecumenical council held there in A.D. 451 declaring Monophysitism …
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CHALCEDONIAN — [Chal.ce.do.ni.an] adj (1788): of or relating to Chalcedon or the ecumenical council held there in a.d. 451 declaring Monophysitism heretical …
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CHALCEDONIAN — adj. Pronunciation: ˌ kal-s ə - ' d ō -n ē - ə n Function: adjective Date: 1758 : of …
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MELCHITE — or Melkite noun Etymology: New Latin Melchita, from Middle Greek Melchitēs, from Syriac malkāyā, from malkā king Date: 1615 an …
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MONOPHYSITE — I. -ˌsīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Medieval Latin Monophysita, from Middle Greek Monophysitēs, from Greek mon- …
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DYOPHYSITE — dīˈäfəˌsīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Late Greek Dyophysitai, Diphysitai, plural, from dyo- dy- or di- + …
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CHALCEDON — — Chalcedonian /kal'si doh"nee euhn/ , adj. , n. /kal"si don', kal seed"n/ , n. 1. an ancient city in …
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MELCHITE — or Mel·kite ˈmel-ˌkīt Etymology: New Latin Melchita, from Middle Greek Melchitēs, from Syriac malkāyā, from malkā king Date: 1615 1. …
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MELCHITE — [Mel.chite] or Mel.kite n [ML Melchita, fr. MGk Melchites, lit., royalist, fr. Syriac malka king] (1619) 1: an Eastern Christian …
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THEODORE OF RHAITHU — flourished 7th century theologian-monk of a monastery at Rhaithu, a port on the Sinai Peninsula, considered the last of the …
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SYRIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ANTIOCH — also called Syrian Orthodox Church, or Syrian Jacobite Church, body of Syrian Christians who are Monophysites, acknowledging only one nature …
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SIMPLICIUS, SAINT — born , Tivoli, near Rome died March 10, 483, Rome; feast day March 10 pope from 468 to 483. He …
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SIMEON STYLITES, SAINT — born c. 390, , Sisan, Cilicia [near modern Aleppo, Syria] died 459, Telanissus, Syria also called Simeon The Elder Syrian …
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MELCHITE — also spelled Melkite, any of the Christians of Syria and Egypt who accepted the ruling of the Council of Chalcedon …
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JOHN SCHOLASTICUS — born c. 503, , near Antioch, Syria died Aug. 31, 577, Constantinople also called John Of Antioch patriarch of Constantinople …
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JOHN OF SCYTHOPOLIS — flourished 6th century Byzantine theologian and bishop of Scythopolis, in Palestine (c. 536550), whose various treatises on the person and …
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