Chalcedon

[ kal-si-don, kal-seed-n ]

noun

1. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium.
2. Council of, the ecumenical council held there in a.d. 451.

Other Words From

• Chal·ce·do·ni·an [kal-si-, doh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun

Example Sentences

Thus while John is an adherent of Chalcedon and a dyothelite, the drift of his teaching is in the monophysite direction.

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Jortin, however, asserts that many of the bishops in the general councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon could not write their names.

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The doctrines of Eutyches were condemned by the Council of Chalcedon in 451, and he was expelled from his monastery.

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The emperor was again compelled to interfere; he ordered eight deputies from each party to meet him at Chalcedon.

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This mountain was nearer to Chalcedon than that on which he had before resided.

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