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COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
Synonyms:
Constance; Council of Constance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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)