Sidonian
adjective
relating to, coming from, or living in the ancient or present-day city of Sidon.
Sidonians
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pluralof Sidonian.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Philistines worshipped Astarte; for the Sidonians, the "great Astarte" was the goddess of their city.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
But on their way back they begged Jesus to perform some more miracles, which he refused to do, and to their great amazement he left them for the Tyrians and Sidonians.
From The Brook Kerith A Syrian story by George (George Augustus) Moore
The Sidonians sprang from Sidon, who was the first son of Canaan, according to Genesis 10th Chapter 15th verse.
From The Black Man, the Father of Civilization Proven by Biblical History by James Morris Webb
And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode. 20And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians.
From The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union. by American Bible Union
The primogeniture of the Sidonians was afterwards explained to mean that the origin of their city, Sidon, belonged to the oldest period.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
