CHALCEDON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chalcedon mean? 

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

1. a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon

2. the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ

  Familiarity information: CHALCEDON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHALCEDON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Chalcedon; Kadikoy

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Constantinople; Istanbul; Stamboul; Stambul (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Chalcedon; Council of Chalcedon

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

ecumenical council ((early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline)