Eastern Church

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noun

any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.

Orthodox Church (def. 2).

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Origin of Eastern Church

First recorded in 1585–95

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How to use Eastern Church in a sentence

In learned and literary circles too the Eastern Church had been discussed.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
Once already, the Eastern Church had seceded, but the quarrel was patched up again.
Earl Hubert's Daughter|Emily Sarah Holt
The Eastern Church does not own them, neither are they of evangelical authority.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
These men indicated the social degradation of inferior orders in the Eastern Church.
Recollections of a Long Life|John Stoughton

From this thunder-bolt may be dated the schism of the Eastern Church.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Eastern Church

Eastern Church

noun

any of the Christian Churches of the former Byzantine Empire

any Church owing allegiance to the Orthodox Church and in communion with the Greek patriarchal see of Constantinople

any Church, including Uniat Churches, having Eastern forms of liturgy and institutions

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