(n) Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337), Syn.Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Constantine the Great, Constantine I
(n) the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches, Syn.Fourth Council of Constantinople
(n) the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human, Syn.Third Council of Constantinople
(n) the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Syn.Stambul, Constantinople, Stamboul
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
prop. n. the former capital of the Eastern Roman Empire; it was built on the site of ancient Byzantium, and the name was changed to Istanbul by the Turks. Syn. -- Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
The name change was the subject of a humorous song in the 1950's "Istanbul (not Constantinople)":
Artists: The Four Lads -- peak Billboard position # 10 in 1953 -- Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon -- (C) Chappell & Co. Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York Was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way Take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks'
[Shèng Suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng, ㄕㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄤˊ, 圣索非亚大教堂 / 聖索非亞大教堂] Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul) [Add to Longdo]
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