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Uniate
{
U′ni-at
,U′ni-ate
, }Noun.
(Eccl.)
A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.
Definition 2024
Uniate
Uniate
See also: uniate
English
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Adjective
Uniate (not comparable) (sometimes pejorative)
- Of or pertaining to a Uniate Church
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Uniate.
- Of or pertaining to Uniates
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Uniate.
Noun
Uniate (plural Uniates) (sometimes pejorative)
- A member of a Uniate Church
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Uniate.
Synonyms
- Eastern Catholic
- Greek Catholic
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References
- “Uniate” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2015.
- Uniate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Bowker, John (2000), “Uniat(e) Churches”, in The concise Oxford dictionary of world religions, Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780192800947, published 2003: “ 'Uniates' is a disparaging term used by the Orthodox Church [...]”
- Cross, Frank L.; Livingstone, Elizabeth A., editors (2005), “Uniat Churches”, in The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd edition, Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780192802903, published 2009, pages 1669–1670: “ 'Uniat' [...] was first used by the opponents of the Union of Brest-Litovsk (1595), and has been consistently disowned by the Churches concerned.”
- "Uniate" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.