Etymology

Church of the East

Today it means: The church originally made up of the Christians of the Sasanid Empire, later exonymically known as the Nestorian church and characterised by its use of the East Syriac liturgical rite. Full definition →

Classical Syriac ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ
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  1. Classical Syriac · derived fromܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ
  2. English todayChurch of the East

From Classical Syriac ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ (ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā), so called as it predominated to the east of the border of the Christian Roman Empire. Used as a proper noun in English from c. 1890s.

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