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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient seaport of Palestine south of present-day Haifa, Israel. It was founded (30 BC) by Herod the Great and later became the capital of Roman Judea. The city was destroyed by Muslims in 1265.
- An ancient city of northern Palestine near Mount Hermon in present-day southwest Syria. It was built in the first century AD on the site of a center for the worship of Pan.
- An ancient city of Cappadocia on the site of present-day Kayseri in central Turkey. The chief city of the region, it was destroyed by Persians in AD 260.
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- proper noun historical Name of numerous cities and locations in the
Roman Empire , among themCaesarea Mazaca , capital ofCappadocia (modern Kayseri) and Caesarea Maritima, capital of provincePalestine .
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- noun an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine
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He had time to yell "Don't do this" in French before the men, assassins from a Mossad outfit known as Caesarea, shot him dead with silenced 0.22 pistols.
SFGate: Top News Stories By MATTI FRIEDMAN 2010
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This Colonia, on the Lycus, above Neo-Caesarea, is named by the Turks Coulei-hisar, or Chonac,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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According to tradition, Zakkai followed Christ after His Resurrection and was appointed by St. Peter to lead the Christian community in Caesarea.
Lenten Weblog 2005
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That place was called Caesarea after Augustus Caesar,
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Caesarea, the name of Philip was added to it, and called Caesarea
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Philip the tetrarch, son of Herod, and called Caesarea in honour of the
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'Caesarea'; nor yet do I know to what it may more fitly be applied.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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It seems to have been quickly recognized that con - verts from paganism were admissible; and pagans were encountered in great numbers when the gospel was carried to the virtually Greek cities, such as Caesarea, on the Palestine coast.
CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968
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Residents -- whether for the purposes unblushingly avowed by that sometime favourite of the stage, Mr. Eccles, or for the reasons less horrifying to the United Kingdom Alliance -- found themselves more at home in "Caesarea" than in "Sarnia," and the "five-pounder," as the summer tripper was despiteously called by natives, liked to go as far as he could for his money, and found St. Helier's "livelier" than
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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Byzantine historian, Procopius of Caesarea, who was living in Rome at the time, wrote: And it came about during this year that a most dread portent took place.
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