Ephesus

Eph·e·sus  (f-ss)

An ancient city of Greek Asia Minor in present-day western Turkey. Its temple, dedicated to Artemis, or in Roman times Diana, was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Saint Paul visited the city on his missionary journeys.

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Ephesus [ˈɛfɪsəs]

n

(Placename) (in ancient Greece) a major trading city on the W coast of Asia Minor: famous for its temple of Artemis (Diana); sacked by the Goths (262 ad)

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Noun	1.	Ephesus - 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 Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
	2.	Ephesus - the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius Council of Ephesus ecumenical council - (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church"