Constantinople Synonyms

känstantənōpəl
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
Synonyms:
  1. istanbul
  2. stambul
  3. stamboul
The council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Fourth Council of Constantinople
The sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Third Council of Constantinople
The fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Second Council of Constantinople
The second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. First Council of Constantinople

Constantinople Sentence Examples

  • But his loyalty did not waver; he rejected the proposal and returned to Constantinople in 540.

  • The Venetians, who contracted for the transport of the crusaders, and whose blind doge Dandolo was first to land in Constantinople, received one-half and onefourth of the divided Greek empire for their spoils.

  • It is noted for the fine boxwood grown in the vicinity, is a port of call for Black Sea coasting steamers and carries on a considerable trade with Constantinople which might be increased were it not for the obstruction of the harbour by a bar.

  • The aristocratic Moslem families send their sons to be educated in Constantinople or Vienna.

  • The important silk industry, however, began to revive about 18go, and dairy farming is prosperous; but the condition of the vilayet is far less unsettled than that of Macedonia, owing partly to the preponderance of Moslems among the peasantry, and partly to the nearness of Constantinople, with its Western influences.

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