Great Church (English, name)
expansion: the Great Church
Senses:
glosses: The orthodox Christian church of antiquity, after 380 CE the established church of the Roman Empire, especially as distinct from smaller Christian movements or heresies.
tags: historical
glosses: Hagia Sophia before the fall of the Byzantine Empire or one of the churches that previously occupied its site, the Great Church of Constantinople.
tags: historical
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Forms:
form: the Great Church
tags: canonical