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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 Church
Familiarity information: COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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