Uniats

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  United \U*nit"ed\, a.
     Combined; joined; made one.
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     {United Brethren}. (Eccl.) See {Moravian}, n.
  


     {United flowers} (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and
        pistils in the same flower.
  
     {The United Kingdom}, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named
        since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went
        into operation.
  
     {United Greeks} (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church
        who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also
        {uniats}.
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