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Thessalonian

American  
[thes-uh-loh-nee-uhn] / ˌθɛs əˈloʊ ni ən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Thessaloniki or its inhabitants.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Thessaloniki.

Thessalonian British  
/ ˌθɛsəˈləʊnɪən /

adjective

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an inhabitant of ancient Thessalonica

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Thessalonian

Thessaloni(ke) + -an

Example Sentences

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The Thessalonian Church was already fully organised, as the apostle here points out to the disciples their duties to those who laboured among them and who were over them in the Lord.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen

The house was packed on this the first night of the Thessalonian play.

From The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

With these words Paul exhorted the Thessalonian believers.

From The Lord of Glory Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ by Arno Clemens Gaebelein

By the time the Thessalonian boys had traced the string to its end the perpetrator of the joke was nowhere to be found.

From The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

Who can say that Epaminondas could have defeated the Spartans twice without his Thessalonian cavalry.

From Battle Studies by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq

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