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

5 senses of constantinople

Sense 1
Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople -- (the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
Constantinople, Fourth Council of Constantinople -- (the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches)
       => 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)

Sense 3
Constantinople, Third Council of Constantinople -- (the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human)
       => ecumenical council -- ((early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church")

Sense 4
Constantinople, Second Council of Constantinople -- (the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic)
       => ecumenical council -- ((early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church")

Sense 5
Constantinople, First Council of Constantinople -- (the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed)
       => ecumenical council -- ((early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church")

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