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CHALCEDON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ
Synonyms:
Chalcedon; Council of Chalcedon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Chalcedon" is a kind of...):
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon
Synonyms:
Chalcedon; Kadikoy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Chalcedon" is a part of...):
Constantinople; Istanbul; Stamboul; Stambul (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)
