Get to know Constantinople better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like istanbul or city.
Constantinople in a sentence
Constantinople meaning
The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.
Synonyms of Constantinople
Using Constantinople
- The main meaning on this page is: The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.
- Useful related words include: ecumenical council, istanbul, stambul, stamboul.
- In the example corpus, constantinople often appears in combinations such as: of constantinople, in constantinople, to constantinople.
Context around Constantinople
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Constantinople
- In this selection, "constantinople" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sacked, 381, centruy, paul, theodosius and letter stand out and add context to how "constantinople" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 16th centruy constantinople and alexandria to constantinople. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "constantinople" sits close to words such as addicted, capt and challengers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with constantinople
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
With Rome and Constantinople now united, the lines were clearly drawn. (11 words)
But thank goodness we cleared up the Istanbul/Constantinople thing musically a while back. (14 words)
Before being donated to France, it was preserved in the once-thriving Christian city of Constantinople. (16 words)
She details that some Greek Cypriots take the conflict in Cyprus as far back as the fall of Constantinople in 1453, while many Turkish Cypriots take it back to when the Greek Cypriots struggled for union with Greece in the 1950s. (41 words)
Art patronage Theodosius offers a laurel wreath to the victor, on the marble base of the Obelisk of Thutmosis III at the Hippodrome of Constantinople Theodosius oversaw the removal in 390 of an Egyptian obelisk from Alexandria to Constantinople. (39 words)
Orlando begins the story as a young man in Queen Elizabeth’s court, travels to Constantinople, inexplicably living through time, and somewhere in the middle (around the 1600’s), Orlando wakes up as a woman. (35 words)
Why was Rome so hostile to him, and the imperial authority in Constantinople so willing to allow Rome to so humiliate him? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another major feat was his appointment as the Patriarch of Constantinople by expelling Paul I of Constantinople ; Paul would eventually return as Patriarch after Eusebius' death.
Art patronage Theodosius offers a laurel wreath to the victor, on the marble base of the Obelisk of Thutmosis III at the Hippodrome of Constantinople Theodosius oversaw the removal in 390 of an Egyptian obelisk from Alexandria to Constantinople.
Constantinople letter affair One of the first acts of the new pope was to send papal legates to Constantinople with letters to Emperor Constans II informing him of his election and professing his faith.
In May 381, Theodosius summoned a new ecumenical council at Constantinople (see First Council of Constantinople ) to repair the schism between East and West on the basis of Nicene orthodoxy.
Rather than proceed to the Holy Land the crusaders instead sacked Constantinople and other parts of Asia Minor effectively establishing the Latin Empire of Constantinople in Greece and Asia Minor.
The Fourth Council of Constantinople was called in 879. It restored St. Photius to his See in Constantinople and condemned any alteration of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. :9.
The transfer of the Roman capital to Constantinople inevitably brought mistrust, rivalry, and even jealousy to the relations of the two great sees, Rome and Constantinople.
This long running conflict widened with the third canon of the First Council of Constantinople which granted the see of Constantinople primacy over the older sees of Alexandria and Antioch.
File photo of Turkish soldiers and performers at a May 2015 ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks.
It most likely was the invention of Kallinikos of Heliopolis, a Jewish architect who fled from Syria to Constantinople.
It took another half century of theological wrangling, rival synods, imprisonments, excommunications, and finally another council in 381 (Constantinople I) to define the nature of the Trinity and the final form of the creed.
Orlando begins the story as a young man in Queen Elizabeth’s court, travels to Constantinople, inexplicably living through time, and somewhere in the middle (around the 1600’s), Orlando wakes up as a woman.
She details that some Greek Cypriots take the conflict in Cyprus as far back as the fall of Constantinople in 1453, while many Turkish Cypriots take it back to when the Greek Cypriots struggled for union with Greece in the 1950s.
While it stars the same protagonist as Assassin’s Creed Revelations is not only significantly older, but he travels to 16th Centruy Constantinople.
Why was Rome so hostile to him, and the imperial authority in Constantinople so willing to allow Rome to so humiliate him?
With Rome and Constantinople now united, the lines were clearly drawn.
A depiction of the fall of Constantinople, the capture of the Byzantine Empire’s capital under by an invading Ottoman army in 1453.
Before being donated to France, it was preserved in the once-thriving Christian city of Constantinople.
Between the serial stories, detectives, and street musicians, Minrathous seems more like 19th century London than medieval Constantinople.
But thank goodness we cleared up the Istanbul/Constantinople thing musically a while back.
Common combinations with constantinople
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of constantinople 58×
- in constantinople 38×
- to constantinople 34×
- constantinople and 18×
- constantinople in 16×
- constantinople to 13×
- constantinople was 12×
- at constantinople 11×
- constantinople the 8×
- from constantinople 7×