chalcedon

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chalcedon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chalcedon
      n 1: a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site
           of the Council of Chalcedon [syn: Chalcedon, Kadikoy]
      2: the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two
         natures (human and divine) of Christ [syn: Chalcedon,
         Council of Chalcedon]