Chalcedon

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

/ ˈkæl sɪˌdɒn, kælˈsid n /

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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 Chalcedon

Chal·ce·do·ni·an

[kal-si-doh-nee-uhn], /ˌkæl sɪˈdoʊ ni ən/, adjective, noun

Words nearby Chalcedon

Chal., chalasia, chalaza, chalazion, chalcanthite, Chalcedon, chalcedony, chalcid, chalcidfly, Chalcidice, chalcidicum

How to use Chalcedon in a sentence

Thus while John is an adherent of Chalcedon and a dyothelite, the drift of his teaching is in the monophysite direction.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
Jortin, however, asserts that many of the bishops in the general councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon could not write their names.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
The doctrines of Eutyches were condemned by the Council of Chalcedon in 451, and he was expelled from his monastery.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
The emperor was again compelled to interfere; he ordered eight deputies from each party to meet him at Chalcedon.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper

This mountain was nearer to Chalcedon than that on which he had before resided.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume II (of 16): February|Sabine Baring-Gould