lyons Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
   Lyon.
   
2. noun the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church
   Second Council of Lyons.
   
3. noun the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land
   First Council of Lyons.
   

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