VIENNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vienne mean? 

• VIENNE (noun)
  The noun VIENNE has 2 senses:

1. a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils

2. the council in 1311-1313 that dealt with alleged crimes of the Knights Templar, planned a new crusade, and took on the reformation of the clergy

  Familiarity information: VIENNE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIENNE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Vienne" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The council in 1311-1313 that dealt with alleged crimes of the Knights Templar, planned a new crusade, and took on the reformation of the clergy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Council of Vienne; Vienne

Hypernyms ("Vienne" is a kind of...):

council ((Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine)