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Meanings of Constantinople in English

Portuguese
constantinopla

The largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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constantinopla
Portuguese
quarto concílio de constantinopla

The council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches.

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quarto concílio de constantinopla
Portuguese
terceiro concílio de constantinopla

The sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human.

terceiro concílio de constantinopla
Portuguese
segundo concílio de constantinopla

The fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic.

segundo concílio de constantinopla
Usage of Constantinople in English
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After a debate on the matter in Constantinople, Justinian consulted the pope.
The Church and the Barbarians / Being an Outline of the History ...
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Russian steamer to Baku; rail to Batoum; steamer to Constantinople and India.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
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He died in Constantinople in 1205 and was buried in S. Sofia.
A Wanderer in Venice
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The loss of Constantinople ratcheted up the religious content of Christian rhetoric.
1492 the year our world began
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The women have won the unbounded admiration of the British in Constantinople.
Europe—Whither Bound? / Being Letters of Travel from the Capital...
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Hosein served with honor against the Christians in the siege of Constantinople.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (...
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I would have come home to Constantinople, no matter what the risks.
The devil she knows
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The Constantinople route is the most natural and least controversial of these.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
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He lived in the time of the schism of Acacius of Constantinople.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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The feathered game shooting is very good in the neighbourhood of Constantinople.
Sketches From My Life / By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha
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Oct. 27-Germansjoin Bulgarians in northeastern Serbia and open way to Constantinople.
America's War for Humanity
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Throughout the Middle Ages Constantinople remained the most important city in Europe.
Early European History
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The patriarch of Constantinople is the spiritual head of the Greek Church.
Early European History
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Soon the existence of an organised Slavic State became known in Constantinople.
The Story of Mankind
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You birds'll be in New York or Constantinople or some place else.
The maltese falcon
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March 11-Thereis a panic in Constantinople and many foreigners are leaving.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...