Noun eastern church has 2 senses
  1. Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox - derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
    --1 is a kind of Catholic Church
    --1 has particulars: Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Church; Russian Orthodox Church
  2. Eastern Church, Byzantine Church - the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire
    --2 is a kind of Catholic Church
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