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Antiochean

Antiochean is the alternative spelling of Antiochian.

Meaning of Antiochian

Noun

Antiochian (plural Antiochians)

  1. (historical) A person from, or an inhabitant of, ancient Antioch.
    • Pompey erected the place into a free city for refusing to receive the Armenian King Tigranes, whom the Antiochians had summoned to their aid.1876, Palestine and Syria, page 548
    Synonyms:
    Antiochene

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Questions about Antiochean

What is Antiochean the alternative spelling of?
Antiochean is the alternative spelling of Antiochian.

Words near Antiochean in the dictionary

  1. antioccupation
  2. Antioch
  3. Antioch on the Orontes
  4. Antiochan
  5. Antiochans
  6. Antiochean
  7. Antiochena
  8. Antiochene
  9. Antiochenes
  10. Antiochia
  11. Antiochian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Antiochean (page history and authors); Antiochian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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