Eastern Church

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noun

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.

Orthodox Church (def. 2).

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Origin of Eastern Church

First recorded in 1585–95

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How to use Eastern Church in a sentence

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The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
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Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.
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If they returned to their church, they would be spared a second attack.
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The church was not happy with his views, and there was talk of excommunication.
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Among the Perpendicular additions to the church last named may be noted a very beautiful oaken rood-screen.
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The east window in this church has been classed as the A1 of modern painted windows.
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He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
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The countries about the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining waters.
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The cathedral is the only Spanish parochial church; it cares for two thousand four hundred souls.
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British Dictionary definitions for Eastern Church

Eastern Church

noun

any of the Christian Churches of the former Byzantine Empire

any Church owing allegiance to the Orthodox Church and in communion with the Greek patriarchal see of Constantinople

any Church, including Uniat Churches, having Eastern forms of liturgy and institutions

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