U·ni·at (y  n - t , - t) also U·ni·ate (-t, - t)adj. Of or relating to any of several Eastern Christian churches that are in communion with the Roman Catholic Church but retain their own languages, rites, and codes of canon law. n. A member of any of these churches. [Russian uniyat, from Polish uniat, the Union of Brest-Litovsk (1596), from unija, union, from Late Latin  ni ; see union.] |
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| Noun | 1. | Uniate - a member of the Uniat Church Uniat Church, Uniate Church - any of several churches in eastern Europe or the Middle East that acknowledge papal authority but retain their own liturgy Catholic - a member of a Catholic church |
| Adj. | 1. |  Uniate - of or relating to former Eastern Christian or Orthodox churches that have been received under the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome but retain their own rituals and practices and canon law |
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