Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun constance

2 senses of constance

Sense 1
Constance, Lake Constance, Bodensee -- (a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River)
       INSTANCE OF=> lake -- (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Sense 2
Constance, Council of Constance -- (the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church)
       => council -- ((Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine)