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• a variation of Uniate.

Uniat

British  

/ ˈjuːnɪɪt, ˈjuːnɪˌæt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. designating any of the Eastern Churches that retain their own liturgy but submit to papal authority

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noun

1. a member of one of these Churches

Other Word Forms

• Uniatism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Uniat

C19: from Russian uniyat, from Polish unja union, from Late Latin ūniō; see _union

Example Sentences

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Uniat

In one such Uniat sect, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, two friends began laboring years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unique in the Catholic clergy, such married priests are members of certain Uniat sects once estranged from Rome, now reunited, differing slightly in practice but accepting the full authority of the Pope.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both Orthodox and Uniat faithful, the Ukrainians declared, have been forced to adopt Roman Catholicism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uniat churches, often called "Greek Catholic," are churches of the Near East recognizing the papacy and all Roman Catholic dogma.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were in Hungary in 1900 forty-nine high theological colleges, twenty-nine Roman Catholic; five Greek Uniat, four Greek Orthodox, ten Protestant and one Jewish.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various