Decapolis

[ dih-kap-uh-lis ]

noun

1. a region in the NE part of ancient Palestine: confederacy of ten cities in the 1st century b.c.

Decapolis

/ dɪˈkæpəlɪs /

noun

1. a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome

Example Sentences

He was a native of Decapolis, a country, as we have seen, very much disposed to credulity.

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Their common origin, civilization, and interests bound them closely together, and they were known as the Decapolis.

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This city is placed among those of the Decapolis, in Matthew, vii.

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It is not to be confounded with the Philadelphia of the Decapolis in Palestine.

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These cities of the Decapolis appear to have been built on a similar plan.

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