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- adjective Of a region designated as the
East by convention or from the perspective of the speaker or author. - adjective Of the Christian churches originating in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- adjective
Eastern Orthodox .
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Examples
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Tomorrow noon eastern the president will be sworn in for a second term of office at 12 noon exactly, 12 noon Eastern, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
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(PRAYERS OF EASTERN CHURCHES, IN LATIN) AMANPOUR: You've just heard the prayer of the Eastern Catholic Churches, with the metropolitans and the archbishops singing that distinctly Eastern tone.
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High pressure building now into the eastern United States behind a really rare midsummer cold front that's pushed all the way down into Florida and pushed off the Eastern seaboard.
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Mbizana, in eastern Mpondoland in what was is now the Eastern
ANC Today 2003
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October 1917 in Mbizana, in eastern Mpondoland in what was is now the Eastern
ANC Today 2003
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Zastron in the eastern Free State and Cradock in the Eastern
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Isolated falls are forecast in the eastern half of the Eastern
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(Moderated) soc. religion.eastern Discussions of Eastern religions.
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(Moderated) soc. religion.eastern Discussions of Eastern religions.
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(Moderated) soc. religion.eastern Discussions of Eastern religions.
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