Uniate

[ yoo-nee-it, -eyt ]

noun

1. a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.

Other Words From

• Uni·at·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Uniate¹

1825–35; < Ukrainian uni ( y ) át, equivalent to úni ( ya ) the Union of Brest-Litovsk (1596), an acceptance of papal supremacy by some Orthodox clerics in Poland (< Polish uni ( j ) a < Latin ūniō union ) + -( y ) at ≪ Latin -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

(c) Greek Uniate are less numerous, forming little more than 348 one-twelfth, but are equally progressive.

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Its membership in the 1950s, after the incorporation of the Uniate church, was estimated at more than 15 million.

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Some Uniate clergy and laymen resisted and were persecuted and imprisoned.

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