disuniate
/dɪs.juˈniˌeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
of or pertaining to disuniates.
noun
an adherent of the Eastern Orthodox Church, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, who did not assent to the 1596 Union of Brest-Litovsk.
Example Sentences
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:disuniate."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English Uniate English disuniate From dis- + Uniate.