Ephesian

American  

[ih-fee-zhuhn] / ɪˈfi ʒən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Ephesus.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Ephesus.

Ephesian British  

/ ɪˈfiːʒən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Ephesus

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noun

1. an inhabitant or native of Ephesus

Etymology

Origin of Ephesian

1350–1400; Middle English Effesian < Latin Ephesi ( us ) (< Greek Ephésios ) + -an

Example Sentences

Almost as well known is Paul's farewell to the Ephesian elders at Miletus, when they knelt weeping on the shore after he had told them, "You . . . will see my face no more."

From Time Magazine Archive

A more conservative collection, Mary, Mother of God, edited by Braaten and Jenson, features several evangelical scholars striving to rehabilitate that Ephesian title.

From Time Magazine Archive

A more conservative collection, Mary, Mother of God, edited by Braaten and Jenson, features several evangelical scholars striving to rehabilitate that Ephesian title.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Henry Dickens, 79, only living son of Novelist Charles Dickens, flayed in London one Carl E. Bechofer-Roberts who had written a novel, Ephesian, defaming his father.

From Time Magazine Archive

But once the point had been seized, and repetition gave the poor gentleman as many ears as the breasts of the Ephesian Diana, the story became grindingly, exasperatingly tiresome.

From Rich Relatives by MacKenzie, Compton