Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ephesus

2 senses of ephesus

Sense 1
Ephesus -- (an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
Ephesus, Council of Ephesus -- (the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius)
       => ecumenical council -- ((early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church")