noun
- A city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon.
- synonyms: Lyon
- The council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church.
- synonyms: Second Council of Lyons
- The council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land.
- synonyms: First Council of Lyons
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