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LYONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land
Synonyms:
First Council of Lyons; Lyons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Lyons" is a kind of...):
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 2
Meaning:
The council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church
Synonyms:
Lyons; Second Council of Lyons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Lyons" is a kind of...):
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
Meaning:
A city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
Synonyms:
Lyon; Lyons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Lyons" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Lyonnais (a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes)
