单词 | eastern church |
释义 | Eastern Church in British Englishnoun 1. any of the Christian Churches of the former Byzantine Empire 2. any Church owing allegiance to the Orthodox Church and in communion with the Greek patriarchal see of Constantinople 3. any Church, including Uniat Churches, having Eastern forms of liturgy and institutions Eastern Church in American English1. Obsolete the Christian Church in much of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, consistingof the four patriarchates in eastern Europe, western Asia, and Egypt, headed by the bishops of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem see also Western Church (sense 2)2. Eastern Orthodox Church 3. collectively, the Eastern Christian churches in communion with the Western churches |
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