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Colossae


Co·los·sae

C0491700 (kə-lŏs′ē) An ancient city of central Asia Minor. It was the site of an early Christian church to which Saint Paul addressed his Epistle to the Colossians.
Co·los′sian (-lŏsh′ən) adj. & n.

Colossae

(kəˈlɒsiː) n (Placename) an ancient city in SW Phrygia in Asia Minor: seat of an early Christian Church

Co•los•sae

(kəˈlɒs i)

n. an ancient city in SW Phrygia. Co•los′sian (-ˈlɒʃ ən) adj., n.
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Noun1.Colossae - an ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor; site of an early Christian ChurchPhrygia - an ancient country in western and central Asia Minor

Colossae


Colossae

(kəlŏs`ē), ancient city of SW Phrygia, Asia Minor, S of the Maeander (modern Menderes) River, in W Turkey, 4 mi (6.4 km) E of Denizli. It flourished as a trading town until eclipsed by neighboring Laodicea. The area around Colossae was famous for fantastic theological theories in early Christian times. Although Paul himself never went there, he addressed his epistle to the ColossiansColossians
, New Testament letter. It was written to the Christians of Colossae and Laodicea, ostensibly by Paul while he was in prison, presumably in Rome (c.A.D. 60). Its writing was provoked by the appearance of false teachers who taught some sort of gnostic doctrine
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 through his fellow worker, Epaphras, who lived at Colossae.

Colossae


Related to Colossae: Epaphras
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noun an ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor

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