Uniat

/ ˈjuːnɪɪt; ˈjuːnɪˌæt; -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. designating any of the Eastern Churches that retain their own liturgy but submit to papal authority

noun

1. a member of one of these Churches

Derived Forms

• ˈUniˌatism, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Uniat¹

C19: from Russian uniyat, from Polish unja union, from Late Latin ūniō; see union

Example Sentences

There were in Hungary in 1900 forty-nine high theological colleges, twenty-nine Roman Catholic; five Greek Uniat, four Greek Orthodox, ten Protestant and one Jewish.

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Every Uniat and Catholic priest was hung up before his own altar, along with a Jew and a hog.

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This change the Little Russians, many of whom are Uniats, adopted from the Roman Catholics, when they were under the power of the Polish government.

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Outside the Orthodox Church are some small congregations of Uniat Basilians.

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The Armenian Uniat Church is partly under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic bishop of Transylvania, and partly under that of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Kalocsa.

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