macedonian

/M AE0 S AH0 D OW1 N Y AH0 N/
adjective
  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

  2. 2

    (historical, Christianity) Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics.

noun
  1. 1

    (countable) A person from Macedonia (in any sense).

  2. 2

    (uncountable) A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.

  3. 3

    (uncountable) The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.

  4. 4

    (historical) The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)

  5. 5

    (historical, Christianity) A member of an antiโ€“Nicene Creed sect founded by the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople, which flourished in the regions adjacent to the Hellespont during the latter half of the fourth, and the beginning of the fifth centuries.