a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon

[ Syn: lyon , lyons ]

the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church

[ Syn: lyons , 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

[ Syn: lyons , first council of lyons ]