Patmosian

Patmosian noun: a person from the Isle of Patmos.

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Noun

Patmosian (plural Patmosians)

A person from the Isle of Patmos.
- ...accept for real the fire until it reaches you and burn your fingers; don't give greater credence to me, than to the Patmosian until my predictions will gloom over you and in that awful instant will hit you what you should have had to begin with (however to start it is too late and to end it is...1999, Victor Határ, The Right to Sanity: A Victor Hatar Reader, page 121
- For it certainly seemed that more sacred than John to today's Patmosians were cash tourists on pagan holidays, who pretty much jammed up the little Cave of the Apocalypse as Jez and I entered.2000, Richard Dietrich, The Final Solution, →ISBN, page 366
A believer in Saint John's apocalyptic vision.
- He may not be able to become a pagan or a Chaldean, but he can become—however partially and reluctantly—a Patmosian, since the Apocalypse of St. John of Patmos was indeed a significant part of the “creed” in which as a child he was "suckled".2018, Sanja Bahun, Myth, Literature, and the Unconscious, →ISBN

Patmosian (comparative more Patmosian, superlative most Patmosian)

From or similar to the Isle of Patmos.
- Lone isle of the Cyclades, with thy bleak Patmosian heights, canst thou not bring back thy wondrous exile, whose great prophetic soul was carried to heights of heavenly revelation, unreached by fellowman?1894, George Douglas, Discourses and Addresses, page 79
- Why and how did the Cacafile eat the Scroll and is this prefigured in the Patmosian LSD (Laus Semper Deo) vision of John the Apostle?1964, The Hollins Critic - Volumes 1-7, page 11
Pertaining to Saint John the Divine or his "Apocalypse".
- This was the Patmosian heaven, a scene of splendid felicity and pure beautification.1890, Manford's Magazine - Volume 34, page 665
- Not one Stealth bomber went down in the Persian Gulf War; the destruction rained on Baghdad was a Patmosian revelation of the dark side of human technology.1995, Michael Grosso, The Millennium Myth: Love and Death at the End of Time

It seemed that some relentless logic embodied in sight and sound was enveloping the entire Patmosian region (“as automatic as a psychosis or a theology,” I later put it in a postcard to Paul).2000, Richard Dietrich, The Final Solution, →ISBN, page 362:
I am, even now, losing myself forever losing myself in my own prophetic utterances, alone in my Patmosian exile.2011, Mark Leach, Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts, →ISBN, page 2:

From Patmos + -ian, from the Isle of Patmos, where Saint John the Divine wrote the "Apocalypse" in a cave.

What does Patmosian mean?: Patmosian means a person from the Isle of Patmos.
How do you use Patmosian in a sentence?: It seemed that some relentless logic embodied in sight and sound was enveloping the entire Patmosian region (“as automatic as a psychosis or a theology,” I later put it in a postcard to Paul).
What part of speech is Patmosian?: Patmosian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Patmosian?: The plural of Patmosian is Patmosians.

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