PHOTIUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church; was condemned by the Fourth Council of Constantinople in 869 but was reinstated by a later pope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

patriarch (title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem))

Credits