i Register
In some senses, emesene is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
emesene
UK /ˈɛməˌsiːn/ US /ˌɛməˈsiːn/
adj 1noun 1name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
low, popular, prominent
VERB + EMESENE
charge
EMESENE + NOUN
blade, character, cult, gods, guardsman's, ones, sun
PREP.
between
ADV.
presumably
Definitions
adj
1
Of or pertaining to Emesa or its region.
This association may be explained by the kinship between the Emesene gods and those of Baalbek.
The Emesene guardsman's blade sparked off the marble.
noun
1
A person from, or an inhabitant of, Emesa or its region.
And Aurelius Antoninus, the Emesene, was he not slaughtered together with his mother?
But though the fiscus was put in charge of an Emesene of low character, the confiscations which Dio complains of the increased exaction of crown gold", and the general disorder into which the imperial finances fell may have been due less to the rapacity or incompetence of officials than to the foolish liberality by which the Emperor sought to win popular applause.
name
1
A region in Syria along the middle and upper section of the Orontes river, between Epiphaneia to the north and Maurikiopolis to the south.
Here Remy notes that four kings received ornamenta, the three here mentioned and Sohaemus of Emesene.
Yet the question remains: how typical of conditions in Mount Lebanon and the Emesene was Abraames' experience?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
This association may be explained by the kinship between the Emesene gods and those of Baalbek.
Wiktionary02
The Emesene guardsman's blade sparked off the marble.
Wiktionary03
But the names were presumably popular Emesene ones and may not necessarily refer to the royal family, despite the names' close associations with both the ruling dynasty and the Emesene Sun cult.
Wiktionary04
And Aurelius Antoninus, the Emesene, was he not slaughtered together with his mother?
Wiktionary05
But though the fiscus was put in charge of an Emesene of low character, the confiscations which Dio complains of the increased exaction of crown gold", and the general disorder into which the imperial
Wiktionary06
A prominent Emesene, who may well have been a kinsman of Julia, was the victim, one Julius Alexander.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
Your note
not saved0 chars