Crossword clues for ephesian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ephesian \E*phe"sian\ (?; 106), a. [L. Ephesius: cf. F. Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.
Ephesian \E*phe"sian\, n.
A native of Ephesus.
A jolly companion; a roisterer. [Obs.]
--Shak. [1913 Webster] ||
Usage examples of "ephesian".
In nightmares and in prophecy Apollonius had seen him disguising himself as a crippled beggar during the day, so that no one would take undue notice of him, then changing shape in the dusk and stalking the Ephesians by night, a great monster half-wolf, half-man, a lycanthrope who reveled in the killings.
Again, the Ephesians sought the counsel of Apollonius, but in the bleakness of his pain and his doubts he had no answer for them.
Paul told these very Ephesians to whom my text was addressed, that God had made them sit, even then, in heavenly places with Christ Jesus, he did not mean in any wise - what they would have known was not true - that their bodies had been miraculously lifted up above the earth, above the clouds, or elsewhere: no, for he had told them before, in the first chapter, what he meant by heavenly places.
You told him about the letters to the Ephesians, about the instructions you gave the others.
Ephesian Artemis appeared with half-open chlamys before her worshippers.
They were reluctant, the Ephesians being rather simplemindedly softhearted, but their fear of the plague was stronger than their sympathy for one useless beggar.