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Chal·ce·don    Audio Help   (kāl'sĭ-dŏn', kāl-sēd'n)  Pronunciation Key  An ancient Greek city of northwest Asia Minor on the Bosporus near present-day Istanbul. It was founded in 685 B.C. and passed to Rome in A.D. 74.

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chalcedon
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1.	a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon
2.	the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ

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