Patmos

[ pat-mos, -mohs, -muhs; Greek paht-maws ]

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noun

one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the southwestern coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Revelation 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).

Patmos

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noun

a Greek island in the Aegean, in the NW Dodecanese: St John's place of exile (about 95 ad ), where he wrote the Apocalypse. Pop: 2984 (2001). Area: 34 sq km (13 sq miles)

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John of Patmos still has a word for the mess we’re in.

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In this sense, he argues, the witness of John of Patmos, the author of Revelation, is a bad seed yielding wicked fruit.

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Patmos Library Board of Trustees President Larry Walton has said about 90 of its 67,000 materials in circulation “could be relative to LGBTQ.”

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The Patmos Library in Jamestown Township outside Grand Rapids will lose 84% of its $245,000 annual budget after the millage renewal was defeated in Tuesday’s general election.

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Buchanan said she voted against the funding renewal to send a message, doubting that the Patmos Library would actually be forced to shutter.

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