Cappadocian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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The year was 400, and the anxious writer was the Cappadocian Bishop Asterius of Amasea.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2016
That is not the case with a underground system that’s been uncovered in what is now Turkey, which archeologists believe Cappadocian settlers used to avoid chaos above ground thousands of years ago.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2015
A Cappadocian tablet found near Kaisariyeh, which is at least as early as the age of the Exodus and may go back to that of Abraham, speaks of “three shekels of sealed” or “stamped silver.”
From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
As Dr. Peiser pointed out, the word is also used in the Cappadocian tablets in a way that leaves small doubt of its meaning.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
The new Arian bishop of Alexandria was a Cappadocian named George.
From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson
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