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.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope