Church of the East

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The church originally made up of the Christians of the Sasanid Empire, later known as the Nestorian church and characterised by its use of the East Syriac liturgical rite.
• Any of the modern successors of that church following its schisms since the 16th century, in particular the Ancient Church of the East, Assyrian Church of the East and Chaldean Catholic Church, or all of these considered together.

Origin

• From Classical Syriac ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ, so called as it predominated to the east of the border of the Christian Roman Empire. Used as a proper noun in English from .