- a variation of Uniate.
Uniat
Britishadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Uniat
C19: from Russian uniyat, from Polish unja union, from Late Latin ūniō; see union
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Uniat churches, often called "Greek Catholic," are churches of the Near East recognizing the papacy and all Roman Catholic dogma.
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Both Orthodox and Uniat faithful, the Ukrainians declared, have been forced to adopt Roman Catholicism.
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To U. S. Catholics, Uniat Catholics of the Greek Rite were almost unknown until some 50 years ago.
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In one such Uniat sect, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, two friends began laboring years ago.
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The Armenian Uniat Church is partly under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic bishop of Transylvania, and partly under that of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Kalocsa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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