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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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II In hills where the keen Thessalonian Made clamour with horse and with horn, In oracular woods the Dodonian— The mystical maiden was born.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

The apostle Paul, in his letter to the Thessalonian church, declares, “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.”

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon

These two letters were, no doubt, read in the assemblies of the Thessalonian Christians more than once, and were sacredly treasured by them.

From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington

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 Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Thus did Paul correct the Thessalonian brethren, when he wrote to them in his second epistle not to be shaken in mind, as that the day of the Lord was then impending, 2 Th.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester

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