EDESSA

Meaning of EDESSA in English

— Edessan, Edessene /i des"een/ , adj.

/i des"euh/ , n.

an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.

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EDESSA — geographical name see: Urfa
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EDESSA — Chief city (pop., 1991: 18,000), Macedonia, Greece. Located on a steep bluff above the valley of the Loudhiás River, it …
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EDESSA — — see Urfa
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EDESSA — Modern Greek dhessa, chief city, noms (department) of Plla, Macedonia, Greece, on a steep bluff above the valley of the …
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EDESSA — Edessa BrE AmE i ˈdes ə
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EDESSA — Chief city (pop., 1991: 18,000), Macedonia, Greece. Located on a steep bluff above the valley of the Loudhiás River, it …
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EDESSA — Эдесса
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EDESSA — Function: geographical name ― see URFA
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BARDESANES — or Bardaisan born July 11, 154, Edessa, Syria died с 222, Edessa Syrian Gnostic Christian and speculative thinker. He converted …
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BALDWIN II — known as Baldwin of Bourg died August 1131, Jerusalem King of Jerusalem (1118–31). A French nobleman, he joined the First …
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EDESSAN — ə̇ˈdes ə n, ēˈ- adjective also edes·sene -ˌsēn Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Edessa, Mesopotamia + English -an or -ene : …
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CRUSADE — any of a series of military expeditions organized by Western Christians against Muslim powers in order to take possession of …
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THEODURUS ABU QURRAH — born c. 750, , Edessa, Mesopotamia died c. 825 Arabic name of Theodore Abu Kurra Syrian Melchite bishop, theologian, and …
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SYRIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ANTIOCH — also called Syrian Orthodox Church, or Syrian Jacobite Church, body of Syrian Christians who are Monophysites, acknowledging only one nature …
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SYRIAC LITERATURE — body of writings in Syriac, an eastern Aramaic Semitic language originally spoken in and around Edessa, Osrone (modern Saliurfa, in …
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SIMON THE APOSTLE, SAINT — flourished 1st century AD, ; d. Persia or Edessa, Greece?; Western feast day October 28, Eastern feast day June 19 …
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SANLIURFA — formerly Urfa, or Edessa, Arabic Ar-ruha, city, southeastern Turkey. It lies in a fertile plain and is ringed by limestone …
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RABBULA — born c. 350, , Qenneshrin, near Aleppo, Syria died c. 435, , Edessa reforming bishop of Edessa and theologian who …
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PHILOXENUS OF MABBUG, — Syriac Akhsenaya born c. 440, , Tahal, Beth-Garma [near modern Kirkuk, Iraq] died c. 523, , Gangra, Paphlagonia [near modern …
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OSRONE — also spelled Osrhoene, ancient kingdom in northwestern Mesopotamia, located between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and lying across the modern …
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NISIBIS, SCHOOL OF — intellectual centre of East Syrian Christianity (the Nestorian Church) from the 5th to the 7th century. The School of Nisibis …
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NESTORIAN — member of a Christian sect originating in Asia Minor and Syria out of the condemnation of Nestorius and his teachings …
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MOSES OF KHOREN — Armenian Movses Khorenatzi author known as the father of Armenian literature. Traditionally believed to have lived in the 5th century, …
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JOSHUA THE STYLITE — flourished 6th century AD monk of the convent of Zuknin and the reputed author of a chronicle covering mainly the …
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JERUSALEM, KINGDOM OF — a state formed in 1099 from territory in Palestine wrested from the Muslims by European Christians during the First Crusade …
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JAZIRAH, AL- — also spelled El-gezira, region, east-central Sudan. Al-Jazirah lies just southeast of the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers; …
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EUGENIUS III, BLESSED, — born , near Pisa died July 8, 1153, Tivoli, near Rome; beatified 1872; feast day July 8 original name Bernard …
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EPHRAEM SYRUS, SAINT
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BARDESANES — born July 11, 154, Edessa, Syria, [now Urfa, Tur.] died c. 222, , Edessa also called Bardaisan, or Bar Daisan …
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BALDWIN II — died 918 byname Baldwin The Bald, French Baudouin Le Chauve, Dutch Boudewijn De Kale second ruler of Flanders, who, from …
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BALDWIN I — born 1172 died 1205 count of Flanders (as Baldwin IX) and of Hainaut (as Baldwin VI), a leader of the …
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ABGAR LEGEND — in early Christian times, a popular myth that Jesus had an exchange of letters with King Abgar V Ukkama of …
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