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Colossian

[ kuh-losh-uhn ]

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Colossae.
  2. one of the Christians of Colossae, to whom Paul addressed one of his Epistles.


adjective

  1. of or relating to Colossae or its inhabitants.

Colossian

/ əˈɒʃə /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Colossae
  2. New Testament any of the Christians of Colossae to whom St Paul's Epistle was addressed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Colossian1

< Latin Coloss ( ae ) (< Greek DZDzî ) + -ian
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Example Sentences

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He belonged to a Christian named Philemon, a member of the Colossian Church.

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The Colossian passage warns against the chafing effect of parental exactions and fretfulness, that tend to break the child’s spirit and spoil its temper.

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a strange new dialect it must have sounded to the slave-owners in the Colossian Church!

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Recent expositors have sufficiently proved that there was a Judaic element in the Colossian heresy.

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In the letter to the Colossian Church, he mentions a letter to the church at Laodicea, a city near to Colosse.

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