Thessalonian

[ thes-uh-loh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Thessaloniki or its inhabitants.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Thessaloniki.

Thessalonian

/ ˌθɛsəˈləʊnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to ancient Thessalonica (modern Salonika)

noun

1. an inhabitant of ancient Thessalonica

Word History and Origins

Origin of Thessalonian¹

Thessaloni(ke) + -an

Example Sentences

Such, however, was the faith of the Thessalonian Church; such is the tone and spirit of the Epistle.

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Through the increasing stillness, from the gilded gallery a Thessalonian reed began skirling like a thrush in the underbrush.

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The thought of his Thessalonian converts came to him like a waft of pure, cool air to a heated brow.

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In the first chapter he commends, with devout thanksgiving to God, the faith and love and patience of the Thessalonian Christians.

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The decisive moment of the crisis therefore necessarily falls between the Thessalonian and Galatian Epistles.

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