Eastern Church
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
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