PTOLEMAÏS

Meaning of PTOLEMAÏS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtä-lə-ˈmā-əs ]

geographical name

1. ancient town in upper Egypt on left bank of the Nile NW of Thebes

2. ancient town in Cyrenaica NW of Barka; site at modern village of Tolmeta

3. — see acre

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PTOLEMAIS — Ancient coastal city, Cyrenaica . Located in modern Libya, it received its name in the 3rd century BC from Ptolemy …
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SABELLIAN — (n.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one …
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SABELLIAN — ( n. ) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is …
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SABELLIAN — adj pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of sabellius. ·see sabellian, ·noun. 2. sabellian ·noun a follower of sabellius, a …
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CYRENAICA — also spelled Cirenaica, Arabic Barqah historic region of North Africa and until 1963 a province of the United Kingdom of …
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DOR — (dwelling), (Joshua 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11) an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, (Joshua 12:23) whose ruler was an ally …
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ACCHO — (the Ptolemais of the Maccabees and New Testament), Now called Acca, or more usually by Europeans St. Jean d'Acre, the …
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