1. Constantinople - Noun
2. Constantinople - Proper noun
the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
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
the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Source: WordNetAbbot Desiderius sent envoys to Constantinople some time after 1066 to hire expert Byzantine mosaicists for the decoration of the rebuilt abbey church. Source: Internet
Aberdeen ordered the British Fleet to Constantinople and later into the Black Sea. Source: Internet
According to another story, during a great famine that Myra experienced in 311–312, a ship was in the port at anchor, loaded with wheat for the Emperor in Constantinople. Source: Internet
According to the third Canon of the second ecumenical council: "Because it is new Rome, the bishop of Constantinople is to enjoy the privileges of honor after the bishop of Rome." Source: Internet
A. Edward Siecienski writes: "In 879 the emperor called for another council to meet in Constantinople in the hopes that the new pope, John VIII (872-882) would recognize the validity of Photius's claim upon the patriarchate. Source: Internet
According to a survey carried out in 1478, there were then in Constantinople and neighbouring Galata 16,324 households and 3,927 shops, an estimated population of 80,000. Source: Internet