ALL meanings of eastern church
east·ern church
E e - noun eastern church any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church. 1
- noun eastern church Orthodox Church (def 2). 1
- noun eastern church any of the Christian Churches of the former Byzantine Empire 0
- noun eastern church any Church owing allegiance to the Orthodox Church and in communion with the Greek patriarchal see of Constantinople 0
- noun eastern church any Church, including Uniat Churches, having Eastern forms of liturgy and institutions 0
- noun eastern church the Christian Church in much of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, consisting of the four patriarchates in eastern Europe, western Asia, and Egypt, headed by the bishops of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem 0
- noun eastern church Eastern Orthodox Church 0
- noun eastern church collectively, the Eastern Christian churches in communion with the Western churches 0