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Detailed Synonyms for Lyons in English
Lyons:
Lyons [the ~] noun
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the Lyons
– the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land 1the First Council of Lyons; the Lyons– the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land 1 -
the Lyons
– the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church 1the Lyons; the Second Council of Lyons– the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church 1 -
the Lyons
– a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon 1