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Chalcedon
[ kal-si-don, kal-seed-n ]
noun
- an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium.
- Council of, the ecumenical council held there in a.d. 451.
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Other Words From
- Chal·ce·do·ni·an [kal-si-, doh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun
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Example Sentences
Thus while John is an adherent of Chalcedon and a dyothelite, the drift of his teaching is in the monophysite direction.
Jortin, however, asserts that many of the bishops in the general councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon could not write their names.
The doctrines of Eutyches were condemned by the Council of Chalcedon in 451, and he was expelled from his monastery.
The emperor was again compelled to interfere; he ordered eight deputies from each party to meet him at Chalcedon.
This mountain was nearer to Chalcedon than that on which he had before resided.
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