FIRST LATERAN COUNCIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The first council of the Western Church held in the Lateran Palace in 1123; focused on church discipline and made plans to recover the Holy Lands from the Muslim 'infidels'

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("First Lateran Council" is a kind of...):

Lateran Council (any of five general councils of the Western Catholic Church that were held in the Lateran Palace)

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