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1. (n.) Uniate
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
Etymology: (1825–35; < Ukrainian uni(y)át=úni(ya) the Union of Brest-Litovsk (1596), an acceptance of papal supremacy by some Orthodox clerics in Poland (< Pol uni(j)a < L ūniōunion ) + -(y)at&indirdesc; L -ātus -ate1)
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1. (adj) Uniat, Uniate, Uniate Christian
a member of the Uniat Church
2. (adj) Uniate
of or relating to former Eastern Christian or Orthodox churches that have been received under the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome but retain their own rituals and practices and canon law
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1. (noun) Uniate
a member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively
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