RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Russian Orthodox Church" is a kind of...):

Eastern Church; Eastern Orthodox; Eastern Orthodox Church; Orthodox Catholic Church; Orthodox Church (derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites)

Credits