Definition of uniats. Meaning of uniats. Synonyms of uniats

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Definition of uniats

uniats
United Greeks (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also uniats.
Uniat
Uniat U"ni*at, Uniate U"ni*ate, n. (Eccl.) A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.

Meaning of uniats from wikipedia

- Uniat to refer to Eastern Catholics, stating: "The 'Uniat Church' is therefore really synonymous with 'Eastern Churches united to Rome', and 'Uniats'...
- supported the Gr**** side. France and the Habsburg Empire supported the Uniats. The support of the Habsburg Empire increased only after 1878. The Ottoman...
- 1900 forty-nine theological colleges, twenty-nine Catholic, five Gr**** Uniat, four Gr**** Orthodox, ten Protestant and one Jewish. Among special schools...
- The Ruthenian Uniate Church (Belarusian: Руская уніяцкая царква, romanized: Ruskaja unijackaja carkva; Ukrainian: Руська унійна церква, romanized: Rus'ka...
- interference of extra-ecclesial interests"; and that what has been called "uniatism" "can no longer be accepted either as a method to be followed nor as a...
- to have about 2,000 inhabitants, mostly "Schismatic Gr****" (i.e. Melkite Uniats), but also some Gr**** Orthodox and Muslims. The Saint Peter's Cathedral...
- the Vatican and the Ottoman government recognized a separate Bulgarian Uniat Church. As the Gr**** clerics were ousted from most Bulgarian bishoprics...
- of 'missionary apostolate' described above, and which has been called 'uniatism', can no longer be accepted either as a method to be followed nor as a...
- Orthodox Christians sometimes use the term "Uniate" (occasionally spelled "Uniat") to describe the Eastern Catholic churches which were previously Eastern...
- Uniatism, method of union of the past, and the present search for full communion, also known as the Balamand declaration and the Balamand do****ent, is...