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colossi
(encz) | colossi,kolosy Zdeněk Brož |
Colossi
(gcide) | Colossus \Co*los"sus\, n.; pl. L. Colossi, E. Colossuses.
[L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied
to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of
Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.
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He doth bestride the narrow world
Like a colossus. --Shak.
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Note: There is no authority for the statement that the legs
of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of
the harbor. --Dr. Wm. Smith.
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2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.
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colossi
(encz) | colossi,kolosy Zdeněk Brož |
colossian
(wn) | Colossian
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient
Phrygia |
colossians
(wn) | Colossians
n 1: a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul
to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia [syn: {Epistle of Paul
the Apostle to the Colossians}, {Epistle to the
Colossians}, Colossians] |
epistle of paul the apostle to the colossians
(wn) | Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians
n 1: a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul
to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia [syn: {Epistle of Paul
the Apostle to the Colossians}, {Epistle to the
Colossians}, Colossians] |
epistle to the colossians
(wn) | Epistle to the Colossians
n 1: a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul
to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia [syn: {Epistle of Paul
the Apostle to the Colossians}, {Epistle to the
Colossians}, Colossians] |
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