Colossae
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Colossae was the seat of an early Christian church, the result of St Paul’s activity at Ephesus, though perhaps actually founded by Epaphras.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
The Epistle is addressed to Philemon, a substantial citizen of Colossae.
From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton
Colossae was the least important town to which any Epistle of St. Paul which now remains was addressed.
From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton
Although the evil wrought was long lived, true devotion to the angels was practised in Colossae and there the Archangel Michael appeared.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
This suggests that the Epistle was written primarily to a Church like that of Colossae which he had never visited.
From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
