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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024East′ern Church′, - Religionany of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed;
Byzantine Church. - ReligionSee Orthodox Church (def. 2).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Eastern Church n - any of the Christian Churches of the former Byzantine Empire
- any Church owing allegiance to the Orthodox Church and in communion with the Greek patriarchal see of Constantinople
- any Church, including Uniat Churches, having Eastern forms of liturgy and institutions
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