Ephesians

noun

Ephe·sians i-ˈfē-zhənz

plural in form but singular in construction

: a letter addressed to early Christians and included as a book in the New Testament see Bible Table

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short for Epistle to the Ephesians

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1560, in the meaning defined above

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