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COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Council of Constance mean? 

COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE (noun)
  The noun COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE has 1 sense:

1. the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Churchplay

  Familiarity information: COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE used as a noun is very rare.


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COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE (noun)


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Meaning:

The council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Constance; Council of Constance

Hypernyms ("Council of Constance" is a kind of...):

council ((Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine)


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