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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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He was not in the play and he did not belong to the Thessalonian Society.

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

From an eager interest in all Thessalonian doings his feeling changed to bitter resentment against the society.

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

The first striking thing about this prayer is its emphatic recognition of the divinity of Jesus Christ as a truth familiar to these Thessalonian converts.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

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

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Listen to the commended attitude of the Thessalonian Church: “Ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God; and to wait for his Son from heaven.”

From Why I Preach the Second Coming by Haldeman, Isaac Massey

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