U|ni|at

U|ni|at «YOO nee at», noun, adjective.

–n.

a member of any Eastern church that is in communion with the Roman Catholic Church and acknowledges the supremacy of the pope but keeps its own liturgy.

–adj.

of or having to do with such a church or its members.

╂[< Russian uniat < obsolete Polish uniata, variant of unita < Latin ūnīre unite < ūnus one]