Associations to the word «Ephesus»

Wiktionary

EPHESUS, proper noun. A city of ancient Anatolia, in what is now Turkey.

Dictionary definition

EPHESUS, noun. An ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity.
EPHESUS, noun. The third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius.

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