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noun
A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
(early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: council
Narrower terms: Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea, Constantinople, First Council of Constantinople, Ephesus, Council of Ephesus, Chalcedon, Council of Chalcedon, Second Council of Constantinople, Third Council of Constantinople, Second Council of Nicaea
History
Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin oecūmenicum concilium.
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