Pergamenian
Pergamenian adjective: of or relating to Pergamum.
Adjective
Pergamenian (comparative more Pergamenian, superlative most Pergamenian)
- Of or relating to Pergamum.
- In the Pergamenian time the common cult was probably the worship of the typically Pergamenian deities (whose worship also spread to some of the Asian cities, as is pointed out, p. 124).1904, W[illiam] M[itchell] Ramsay, “The Province of Asia and the Imperial Religion”, in The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia and Their Place in the Plan of the Apocalypse, London: Hodder and...
- About 133 b.c. the last king of Pergamum, Attalus III Philometor, bequeathed Ephesus, together with the rest of the Pergamenian kingdom, to the Romans and thereafter it continued subject to them.1946, Jack Finegan, “Ephesus”, in Light from the Ancient Past: The Archeological Background of the Hebrew-Christian Religion, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press; London: Geoffrey Cumberlege...
Noun
Pergamenian (plural Pergamenians)
- A native or inhabitant of Pergamum.
- About the time that Sylla was making ready, to put off with his Forces from Italy, beſides many other Divine Omens which befell Mithridates [VI Eupator] at Pergamos, there goes a ſtory, that the Statue of Victory, with a Crown in her hand, which the Pergamenians by Engines from above let down on...1684, Plutarch, “The Life of L[ucius] C[ornelius] Sylla”, in William Davies, transl., The Third Volume of Plutarch’s Lives. Translated from the Greek, […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], pages 240–241
- Naturally, that kind of persecution originated from Pergamum, and had there its centre; but many martyrs were tried and condemned there who were not Pergamenians. […] It is not even certain that Antipas [of Pergamum] was a member of that congregation: the words are not inconsistent with the...1904, W[illiam] M[itchell] Ramsay, “The Letter to the Church in Pergamum”, in The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia and Their Place in the Plan of the Apocalypse, London: Hodder and Stoughton...
Synonyms of Pergamenian
Forms of Pergamenian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Pergamenian |
| superlative | most Pergamenian |
| Noun | |
| plural | Pergamenians |
Origin of Pergamenian
From Latin Pergamēnus + -ian.
Questions about Pergamenian
- What does Pergamenian mean?
- Pergamenian means of or relating to Pergamum.
- What part of speech is Pergamenian?
- Pergamenian can be an adjective or a noun.
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