Uniate

American  

[yoo-nee-it, -eyt] / ˈyu ni ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

Also Uniat

noun

1. a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.

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Other Word Forms

• Uniatism noun

Etymology

Origin of Uniate

1825–35; < Ukrainian uni ( y ) át, equivalent to úni ( ya ) the Union of Brest-Litovsk (1596), an acceptance of papal supremacy by some Orthodox clerics in Poland (< Polish uni ( j ) a < Latin ūniō union ) + -( y ) at ≪ Latin -ātus -ate ¹