Trullan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the Quinisext Council held in 692 in the dome-roofed hall in the imperial palace at Constantinople.

Word forms

Trullan

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek τρούλλος (troúllos, “a dome”), from Latin trulla (“a ladle”), in reference to the domed hall of the palace in Constantinople in which the council was held.

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