Melitene

[ mel-i-tee-nee ]

noun

1. ancient name of Malatya.

Example Sentences

Melitene, in partibus, Archbishop Mérode; 14.

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Cyril addresses one of his Epistles to Acacius Bp. of Melitene,—Concilia, iii.

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But because these two misguided men, without apology, explanation, note or comment of any kind, have adopted “Melitene” into their text, is the Church of England to be dragged through the mire also, and made ridiculous in the eyes of Christendom?

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There were many Christians in Melitene at the time of the Decian persecution in A.D.

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Of these Cataonia has been described; the adjoining district of Melitene, which did not originally form part of Cappadocia at all, but was annexed to it by Ariarathes I., was a fertile tract adjoining the Euphrates; its chief town retains the name of Malatia.

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