| NOUN | group | Uniate Church, Uniat Church | any of several churches in eastern Europe or the Middle East that acknowledge papal authority but retain their own liturgy |
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| Meaning | Any of several churches in eastern Europe or the Middle East that acknowledge papal authority but retain their own liturgy. | |
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| Synonym | Uniat Church | |
| Members | Uniat, Uniate, Uniate Christian | A member of the Uniat Church |
| Broader | Catholic Church | Any of several churches / churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church |
| Adjectives | Uniate | of or relating to former Eastern ... / Eastern Christian or Orthodox churches that have been received under the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome but retain their own rituals and practices and canon law |
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