Associations to the word «Chalcedon»

Wiktionary

CHALCEDON, proper noun. An ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, almost directly opposite Byzantium

Dictionary definition

CHALCEDON, noun. A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon.
CHALCEDON, noun. The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ.

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