Constantinople
noun
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Sense 1 noun
the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Types & categories
- city instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Republic of Turkey part holonym
- Bosporus Bridge part meronym
- Hagia Sophia part meronym
- Chalcedon part meronym
Sense 2 noun
the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
Types & categories
- council hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
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- ecumenical council hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
Types & categories
- ecumenical council hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
Types & categories
- ecumenical council hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Republic of Turkey |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Bosporus Bridge |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Hagia Sophia |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Chalcedon |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | city |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | council |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ecumenical council |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ecumenical council |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ecumenical council |