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Lateran Council
see synonyms of lateran councilNoun
1. lateran council
any of five general councils of the Western Catholic Church that were held in the Lateran Palace
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Lateran Council
see synonyms of lateran counciln.
Any of a series of Roman Catholic ecclesiastical councils held at the Lateran Palace in Rome between the 7th and the 18th century, five of which (in 1123, 1139, 1179, 1215, and 1512-1517) were ecumenical. The fourth of these ecumenical councils, often considered the most important, produced the doctrine of transubstantiation.
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