Smyrnean

[ smur-nee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to Smyrna, Turkey.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Smyrnean¹

1590–1600; < Latin Smyrnae ( us ) of Smyrna + -an

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For a certain Smyrnean woman had killed her husband and her son conceived of him, because her husband had slain her own son by her first marriage.

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There are certain others," says Hippolytus, "who introduce clandestinely a strange doctrine, being disciples of one Noetus, who was by birth a Smyrnean, and lived not long ago.

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Smyrna fig Smyth

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