Colossæ

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• Coloss. — Coloss. (Bible) abbrev (the Letter to the) Colossians * * * Coloss., Colossians (book of the New Testament) …   Useful english dictionary

• colossæums — noun |nocap=t. “ The Pagans,” as an old Spanish writer observes, “ spent their riches in erecting baths, colossæums, pyramids, arches, and those insane edifices which antiquity celebrated …   Wiktionary

• COLOSSÆ —    a city in the S. of Phrygia, in Asia Minor, and the site of one of the earliest Christian churches …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• coloss — o (G). Gigantic …   Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

• coloss — co·loss …   English syllables

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• colossus-wise — colossˈus wise (Shakespeare) Astride • • • Main Entry: ↑colossus …   Useful english dictionary

• Epistle to the Colossians —     Epistle to the Colossians     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Colossians     One of the four Captivity Epistles written by St. Paul during his first imprisonment in Rome the other three being Ephesians, Philemon and Philippians. That …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Colossae —     Colossæ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Colossæ     A titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor, suppressed in 1894. Little is known about its history. The later name, Colassæ, is probably the old Phrygian form. Colossæ was at one time the chief… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• COLOSSE sive COLOSSIS — COLOSSE, sive COLOSSIS Strab. l. 12. oppid. Phrygiae prope Laodiceam in confinio Cariae medium inter Sardes et Cabyram, 60. milliar. ab Apamea in Occasum. Baudrand. Hîc Ecclesia, quam Paulus Apostol. insigni epistolâ dignatus est. hanc… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale