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Uniate
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U·ni·at  (yn-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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Noun1.Uniate - a member of the Uniat Church
Uniat, Uniate Christian
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 lawUniate - 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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Other denominations included Uniates (Greek Catholics of the Slavonic Rite), Protestants, Orthodox, Arians (Polish Brethren), Jews, and even fair numbers of Muslims and Armenian Christians.
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He saw that I was terrified and so he said to us gently: "Don't be afraid, my lads, we will not make you Uniates by force.
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