English Explanatory Dictionary

Photian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Photios I of Constantinople.
noun
  1. A follower of the Photian bishops, a sect in the 17th century that questioned the supremacy of the Pope believing that the Christian Church should be governed by 12 supreme rulers.

Word forms

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Etymology

From Latin Phōtiānus.

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