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Phanar
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Turkish: fanar, lighthouse, lantern)
Name of the court of the æcumenical patriarch of Constantinople, from the quarter of Constantinople (so called from a lighthouse on the Golden Horn) where he resides. It became the chief Greek quarter and the center of the Hellenistic spirit after the Turkish conquest; the patriarch practically took the place of the Eastern emperor, with the consent of the Turkish government, as regards the Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey in Europe.
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Entry for 'Phanar'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/p/phanar.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Phanar'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/p/phanar.html. 1910.
