Uniat
/ˈjuː.niːˌæt/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Uniate. alt-of, alternative
"They are worse than the Uniats: they never look into the church of God"
- 2 a member of the Uniat Church wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Alternative spelling of Uniate alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"The Greek Uniat Archbishop at Polotzki Johannes Krasszofsky has sent 1970 rubles in bank assignments"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"The Greek Uniat Archbishop at Polotzki Johannes Krasszofsky has sent 1970 rubles in bank assignments"
Etymology
19th c., borrowed from Russian униат (uniat, “a united Greek”, noun), from Polish uniat (“one having the characteristics of union”), from unia (“union”) + -at (“-ate”), from Latin ūniō (“union”).