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 |
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Members | Uniat, Uniate, Uniate Christian | A member of the Uniat Church |
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Broader | Catholic Church | Any of several churches / churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church |
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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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