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Cæsarea

Cæsarea is the obsolete spelling of Caesarea.

Meaning of Caesarea

Proper noun

Caesarea

  1. A port city in Israel.
    • The borders changed from mitzvah to mitzvah and the main criterion for inclusion seems to have been the Jewish population of the town. Thus Caesarea, a city inhabited by pagans and Jews, was originally considered part of Eretz Yisrael for the purposes of tithes and the Sabbatical year, but was...2000, David Golinkin, “Returning Territories for the Sake of Peace”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 32
    Synonyms:
    Qesarya, Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palestina, Caesarea Palaestinae, Caesarea Stratonis, Caesarea Sebaste
  2. (historical) Former name of Kayseri: a city in central Turkey.
  3. (historical) Former name of Cherchell: a city in northern Algeria; the former capital of Mauretania and Numidia in the Roman Empire.

Questions about Cæsarea

What is Cæsarea the obsolete spelling of?
Cæsarea is the obsolete spelling of Caesarea.

Words near Cæsarea in the dictionary

  1. cærimonys
  2. cærulean
  3. Cæsar
  4. Cæsar salad
  5. Cæsar salads
  6. Cæsarea
  7. cæsarean
  8. Cæsareans
  9. cæsarian
  10. Cæsarian section
  11. Cæsarians

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