Peraea
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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That he consented to restore to Attalus his ships, and the seamen taken with them; and to the Rhodians the tract which they call Peraea.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
Yet hath he taken a far pilgrimage to Peraea.
From The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock
Peraea presents on its numerous terraces a mixture of vines, olives, and pomegranates.
From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Michael Russell
All Trypho's efforts to break through proved futile; after skirting all Judaea from west to south, without being able to get clear of Simon, he at last withdrew to Peraea without having accomplished anything.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
They are from southern Bethlehem; they have come from the wild hills of Peraea, beyond the Jordan; many are from Galilee, where Christ has found so many devoted followers.
From An Easter Disciple The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight by Arthur Benton Sanford
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