council of chalcedon

1. 1.

   the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ

   SynonymsChalcedon

   Broaderecumenical council

Questions about council of chalcedon

What does council of chalcedon mean?

council of chalcedon means "the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ".

What is another word for council of chalcedon?

Close synonyms include Chalcedon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is council of chalcedon a common word?

council of chalcedon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.