Colossian

American  

[kuh-losh-uhn] / kəˈlɒʃ ən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Colossae.

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

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adjective

1. of or relating to Colossae or its inhabitants.

Colossian British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of Colossian

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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Some slight indication, however, of the situation and circumstances of the Colossian Church may help to give vividness to our conceptions of the little community to whom this rich treasure of truth was first entrusted.

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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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