Armenian church
a Monophysite church organized in 1899 in the U.S.
Historical Examples
The Armenian Church is thus the oldest national Christian church in the world.
The Golden Maiden A. G. Seklemian
noun
the national Church of Armenia, founded in the early fourth century ad, the dogmas and liturgy of which are similar to those of the Orthodox Church
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armenian massacres The killing of large numbers of Armenians who lived within the Ottoman Empire and its successor Turkish state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From 1915 to 1920, more than a million Armenians died as the result of executions, massacres, starvation, and other repressive measures, and many fled to the United […]
- Armentieres
a city in extreme N France: World War I battles 1914, 1918. Historical Examples He was with the Canadians, too, when he was killed at armentieres, three months ago. The Sky Pilot in No Man’s Land Ralph Connor The line of opposing trenches was about a mile and a half east of armentieres. The Red […]
- Armeria
noun the generic name for thrift (sense 2) Historical Examples armeria, a genus of handsome plants growing on the sea-coast. The Sailor’s Word-Book William Henry Smyth Two other Visigothic crowns are also preserved with it in the armeria Real. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 Various There was a little turf in one […]
- Armes parlantes
plural noun (heraldry) arms using devices to illustrate the name of the bearers, such as a rose and a wall to illustrate the name Rosewall Historical Examples The Starckens of the Island of Oesel also use the like as armes parlantes; the field in this case is or. A Complete Guide to Heraldry Arthur Charles […]