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Colossae

American  
[kuh-los-ee] / kəˈlɒs i /

noun

  1. an ancient city in SW Phrygia: seat of an early Christian church to which Paul wrote the Epistle to the Colossians.


Colossae British  
/ kəˈlɒsiː /

noun

  1. an ancient city in SW Phrygia in Asia Minor: seat of an early Christian Church

"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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This suggests that the Epistle was written primarily to a Church like that of Colossae which he had never visited.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

Colossae was the least important town to which any Epistle of St. Paul which now remains was addressed.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

All that we can say is that the scruple-mongers at Colossae taught doctrines which had points of contact with Essenism.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

Colossae lasted until the 7th and 8th centuries, when it was gradually deserted under pressure of the Arab invasions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

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