FIRST COUNCIL OF LYONS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does First Council of Lyons mean?

• FIRST COUNCIL OF LYONS (noun)
The noun FIRST COUNCIL OF LYONS has 1 sense:

1. the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land

Familiarity information: FIRST COUNCIL OF LYONS used as a noun is very rare.

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• FIRST COUNCIL OF LYONS (noun)

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Meaning:

The council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

First Council of Lyons; Lyons

Hypernyms ("First Council of Lyons" 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)

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