COUNCIL OF TRENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Council of Trent mean? 

• COUNCIL OF TRENT (noun)
  The noun COUNCIL OF TRENT has 1 sense:

1. a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers; redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNCIL OF TRENT (noun)

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Meaning:

A council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers; redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy

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Hypernyms ("Council of Trent" 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)