Colossian

[kuh-losh-uhn]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Colossae.

2. one of the Christians of Colossae, to whom Paul addressed one of his Epistles.

adjective

1. of or relating to Colossae or its inhabitants.

Colossian

/ kəˈlɒʃən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Colossae

2. New Testament any of the Christians of Colossae to whom St Paul's Epistle was addressed

Word History and Origins

Origin of Colossian¹

< Latin Coloss ( ae ) (< Greek Kolossaî ) + -ian

Example Sentences

He belonged to a Christian named Philemon, a member of the Colossian Church.

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The Colossian heresy, for example, with which he is dealing at this present moment, would have no attraction for ripe and settled Christians.

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What a strange new dialect it must have sounded to the slave-owners in the Colossian Church!

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Recent expositors have sufficiently proved that there was a Judaic element in the Colossian heresy.

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In the letter to the Colossian Church, he mentions a letter to the church at Laodicea, a city near to Colosse.

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