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Definition of Galatia

1. Noun. An ancient country in central Asia Minor.

Definition of Galatia

1. Proper noun. A region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey; a province of ancient Rome. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Galatia

Literary usage of Galatia

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The people of South galatia could with propriety be styled galatians. Two of the towns, Antioch and Lystra, were Roman colonies; and the other two boasted ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Through the organization of the provinces of galatia (25 BC), ... In the year 70 Vespasian united it with galatia, but it was afterward again separated. ..."

3. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"The North galatian school accounts for the historian's neglect of galatia proper, and for the curt- ness of his narrative at this vital point (Ac 166"8), ..."

4. A History of the New Testament Times: The Time of the Apostles by Adolf Hausrath (1895)
"So Paul might well have connections with these places, and as Barnabas had taken him to Cyprus, so now he took Barnabas with him to galatia. 3. ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by Sir William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"When we observe, moreover, that St. Luke carefully avoids saying that St. Paul went through "galatia," not only in the verse al- i. i Iv cited (xvi. ..."

6. Epochs in the Life of Paul: A Study of Development in Paul's Career by A. T. Robertson (1909)
"He went on into another part of the province of galatia after leaving South ... It is still a question whether "the region of Phrygia and galatia" means the ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The Apostle Paul visited galatia twice and addressed the 'Epistle to the galatians' to ... The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the churches of galatia (i, ..."

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