Ephesus
['efisəs]
Definition
(noun.) the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius.
(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.
Typist: Lottie--From WordNet
Examples
- With Ephesus, forty miles from here, where was located another of the seven churches, the case was different. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I wish to say a brief word of the aspect of Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That is all; the other verses are singularly complimentary to Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was a man of enormous energy, and he taught at Jerusalem, Antioch, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Those prophecies are distinctly leveled at the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Presently they spake unto a citizen and said, Who is King in Ephesus? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Therefore they went through such parties as fell in their way where they sojourned at that time, and journeyed back toward Ephesus again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- How mighty is Ephesus become! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The saddles were the high, stuffy, frog-shaped things we had known in Ephesus and Smyrna. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When I last made a memorandum, we were at Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Johannes said, It hardly seems like Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The candlestick has been removed from Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We brought not a relic from Ephesus! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We all stood in the vast theatre of ancient Ephesus,--the stone-benched amphitheatre I mean--and had our picture taken. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And the citizen answered and said, Whence come ye that ye know not that great Laertius reigns in Ephesus? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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