| fifth lateran council | (n) the council in 1512-1517 that published disciplinary decrees and planned (but did not carry out) a crusade against Turkey |
| first lateran council | (n) 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' |
| fourth lateran council | (n) the Lateran Council in 1215 was the most important council of the Middle Ages; issued a creed against Albigensianism, published reformatory decrees, promulgated the doctrine of transubstantiation, and clarified church doctrine on the Trinity and Incarnation |
| lateran | (n) the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace |
| lateran council | (n) any of five general councils of the Western Catholic Church that were held in the Lateran Palace |
| lateran palace | (n) a palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century |
| lateran treaty | (n) the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state |
| second lateran council | (n) the second council of the Western Church in 1139 which put an end to the dogmatic errors of Arnold of Brescia |
| third lateran council | (n) the Lateran Council in 1179 that condemned the heresies of the Albigenses and the Waldenses |
| Lateran | n. The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The name is said to have been derived from that of the |