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Constantinople


Definition: Meaning of, Constantinople in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˌkɒnstantɪˈnəʊp(ə)l /

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  1. the city on the Bosphorus which was the capital of the BYZANTINE Empire for seven centuries from 330 AD, when it was established by Constantine the Great on the place where Byzantium had formerly stood. Later it was the capital of Turkey. It is now called Istanbul.
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Constantinople used in phrases

  • First Council of Constantinople (noun)
    1. the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
  • Fourth Council of Constantinople (noun)
    1. 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
  • Second Council of Constantinople (noun)
    1. the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
  • Third Council of Constantinople (noun)
    1. the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
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