Eastern Church

noun

1. any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
2. Orthodox Church ( def 2 ).

Eastern Church

noun

1. any of the Christian Churches of the former Byzantine Empire
2. any Church owing allegiance to the Orthodox Church and in communion with the Greek patriarchal see of Constantinople
3. any Church, including Uniat Churches, having Eastern forms of liturgy and institutions

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eastern Church¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

In learned and literary circles too the Eastern Church had been discussed.

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Once already, the Eastern Church had seceded, but the quarrel was patched up again.

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The Eastern Church does not own them, neither are they of evangelical authority.

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These men indicated the social degradation of inferior orders in the Eastern Church.

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From this thunder-bolt may be dated the schism of the Eastern Church.

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