Uniate

[ yoo-nee-it, -eyt ]

/ ˈyu ni ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

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noun

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.

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Also U·ni·at

[yoo-nee-at]. /ˈyu niˌæt/.

Origin of Uniate

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 ūniōunion) + -(y)at ≪ Latin -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM Uniate

U·ni·at·ism, noun

Words nearby Uniate

unhusk, unhygienic, uni, unialgal, Uniat, Uniate, uniaxial, unibrow, unicameral, UNICEF, unicellular

How to use Uniate in a sentence

(c) Greek Uniate are less numerous, forming little more than 348 one-twelfth, but are equally progressive.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3|Various
Its membership in the 1950s, after the incorporation of the Uniate church, was estimated at more than 15 million.
Area Handbook for Romania|Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
Some Uniate clergy and laymen resisted and were persecuted and imprisoned.
Area Handbook for Romania|Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole