First Lateran Council

9.9

A 1123 meeting at Lateran Palace where church leaders set rules for the Western Church and plan a new crusade

proper noun

: Primer Concilio Lateranense

At the First Lateran Council, church leaders discussed strategies to organize a new crusade.

Examples

The First Lateran Council marked a significant turning point in the history of church governance.
Many decrees issued by the First Lateran Council influenced Western canon law for centuries.
The First Lateran Council was a pivotal event in church history.
Did the First Lateran Council influence future church councils?
The decisions made at the First Lateran Council in 1123 significantly impacted church governance.
Many important reforms in the church were established during the First Lateran Council held in the Lateran Palace.
The First Lateran Council convened to discuss the challenges faced by the Church in the early 12th century.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

first + Lateran + council

The phrase literally combines 'first' + 'Lateran' + 'council', so a learner who knows 'Lateran' and 'council' can infer it denotes the first council held at the Lateran. However, the specific historical sense (an ecumenical Western council in 1123 and its detailed purpose) and the proper-name 'Lateran' are not predictable from the parts alone, making the expression only partially transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

First Lateran Council comes from a large 'council', or meeting, of Western church leaders held at the Lateran palace in Rome in 1123. The word First shows it was the first such council at that place, and because the leaders set important church rules, the name now refers to that historic meeting.