Five Churches

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of German Fünfkirchen or directly of Latin Quīnqueecclēsiae.

Proper noun[edit]

Five Churches

  1. (obsolete) Pécs.
    • 1837, Frederic Fysh, “The Beast and his Image.” Or, the Pope and the Council of Trent [] , page 470:
      Let us hear the account given by Andrew Dudithius [Andreas Dudith], Bishop of Five Churches, in his letter to the Emperor Maximilian, of the Council of Trent.