WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Constance n 1: a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River [syn: Constance, Lake Constance, Bodensee] 2: the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church [syn: Constance, Council of Constance]