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Definition of Ephesus

1. Noun. An ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity.

2. Noun. The third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius.

Definition of Ephesus

1. Proper noun. A city of ancient Anatolia, in what is now Turkey. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephesus

Eperythrozoon ovis Eperythrozoon suis Eperythrozoon wenyoni Eph. Ephedra sinica Ephedraceae Ephemerida Ephemeridae Ephemeroptera Ephes.

Ephesan Ephesian Ephesians Ephestia Ephestia elutella Ephesus (current term) Ephippidae Ephippiorhynchus Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Ephraim

Ephthalite Ephthalites EpiP serine protease EpiPen Epictetian Epictetus Epicurean Epicureanism Epicureans Epicurus

Literary usage of Ephesus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"He had contracted an intimate alliance with Memnon bishop of Ephesus. The despotic primate of Asia disposed of the ready succours of thirty or forty ..."

2. History of the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles by August Neander (1844)
"Or we must suppose, that during his longer residence at Ephesus, of which we are now speaking, he undertook another missionary journey, and called in ..."

3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1849)
"COUNCIL AT Ephesus. cheria ? Doubtless for no other reason than because he either believed ... The emperor, at the appointed time, sent to Ephesus the Comes ..."

4. The Methodist Review (1871)
"TOPOGRAPHY OF Ephesus. DURING several days' sojourn at Ephesus I was able to ... Formerly the traveler was obliged, in most cases, to reach Ephesus from ..."

5. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1830)
"When he arrived at Ephesus, he found the city very well disposed in ... Having brought his army to Ephesus, he gave orders for assembling ships of burden ..."

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