Edessa
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
Other words from Edessa
- E·des·san, E·des·sene [ih-des-een], /ɪˈdɛs in/, adjective
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How to use Edessa in a sentence
The most famous ones are the Mandylion of Edessa, the Veronica and the Shroud of Turin.
But men of Assyria carried his body into Mesopotamia, into the city of Edessa; and, afterwards, he was brought thither again.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.After visiting Amid (Diarbekr) he proceeded to Edessa, and there settled and spent the last ten years of his life.
Under its auspices the college at Edessa, with several connected schools, arose.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William DraperAbgarus, king of Edessa, hearing of his works, sent for him.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume II (of 16): February | Sabine Baring-Gould
It had been provoked by the fall of Edessa to the Moslems in 1144.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for Edessa
/ (ɪˈdɛsə) /
an ancient city on the N edge of the Syrian plateau, founded as a Macedonian colony by Seleucus I: a centre of early Christianity: Modern name: Urfa
a market town in Greece: ancient capital of Macedonia. Pop (municipality): 25 729 (2001): Ancient name: Aegae (ˈiːɡiː) Modern Greek name: Édhessa
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