Constantinopolitan Creed

Con·stan·ti·no·pol·i·tan Creed

[kon-stan-tn-oh-pol-i-tn, -stan-] .
noun
See under Nicene Creed (def. 2).

Origin:
1670–80; < Late Latin Constantīnopolītānus, equivalent to Constantīnopol(is) Constantinople (with Greek polī́tēs citizen replacing pólis city) + -ānus -an

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Constantinopolitan Creed has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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Nicene Creed

noun
1.
a formal statement of the chief tenets of Christian belief, adopted by the first Nicene Council.
2.
a later creed of closely similar form (Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed or Constantinopolitan Creed) referred, perhaps erroneously, to the Council of Constantinople (a.d. 381), received universally in the Eastern Church and, with an addition introduced in the 6th century a.d., accepted generally throughout western Christendom.

Origin:
1560–70
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