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Eastern Church

noun

1. derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites

• Syn: ↑Orthodox Church, ↑Orthodox Catholic Church, ↑Eastern Orthodox Church, ↑Eastern Orthodox

• Members of this Topic: ↑canonization, ↑canonisation, ↑bishop

• Hypernyms: ↑Catholic Church

• Hyponyms: ↑Greek Orthodox Church, ↑Greek Church, ↑Russian Orthodox Church

2. the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire

• Syn: ↑Byzantine Church

• Hypernyms: ↑Catholic Church

Useful english dictionary. 2012.