Five Churches

English

Alternative forms

• Five-Churches

Etymology

Calque of German Fünfkirchen or directly of Latin Quīnqueecclēsiae.

Proper noun

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.