Colossae

American  

[kuh-los-ee] / kəˈlɒs i /

noun

1. an ancient city in SW Phrygia: seat of an early Christian church to which Paul wrote the Epistle to the Colossians.

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Colossae British  

/ kəˈlɒsiː /

noun

1. an ancient city in SW Phrygia in Asia Minor: seat of an early Christian Church

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Colossae

Colossae lasted until the 7th and 8th centuries, when it was gradually deserted under pressure of the Arab invasions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

Colossae had been flourishing enough in the time of Herodotus, but now, overshadowed by greater neighbours—Laodicea, Hierapolis, and Chonae—and perhaps shaken by recurring earthquakes, it was sinking fast into decay.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

All that we can say is that the scruple-mongers at Colossae taught doctrines which had points of contact with Essenism.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

Others, too, were with him, but none perhaps was dearer to S. Paul than a certain slave, Onesimus, who had fled from his master, Philemon, in Colossae.

From The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles by Wilmot-Buxton, H. J.

He evidently does not put them on the same level as the sectaries of Galatia or Colossae.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton