Definitions for Corinthians

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Corinthians Co·rin·thi·ans

Spelling: [kuh-rin-thee-uh nz]

IPA: /kəˈrɪn θi ənz/

Corinthians is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 1006 anagrams from letters in Corinthians (achiinnorst).

Definitions for Corinthians

noun

1. either of two books of the New Testament, I Corinthians or II Corinthians, written by Paul. Abbreviation: I Cor., II Cor.
2. a native or inhabitant of Corinth.
3. a man about town, especially one who lives luxuriously or, sometimes, dissolutely.
4. an amateur yachtsman.
5. Manège. a horse-show class in which each contestant must be a member of a recognized hunt and wear regulation hunt livery. Compare appointment (def 7).

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Corinth.
2. Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders invented in ancient Greece and similar in most respects to the Ionic but usually of slenderer proportions, and characterized by a deep capital with a round bell decorated with acanthus leaves and a square abacus with concave sides. The Corinthian capital has typically two distinct rows of acanthus leaves above which appear eight fluted sheaths, from each of which spring two scrolls (helices) of which one curls beneath a corner of the abacus as half of a volute and the other curls beneath the center of the abacus. Compare composite (def 3), Doric (def 3), Ionic (def 1), Tuscan (def 2).
3. ornate, as literary style.
4. luxurious or licentious.
5. pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Corinth, in the 7th and early 6th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by human, animal, and ornamental motifs, painted boldly in a black figure style on a terra-cotta ground, often arranged in tiers around the vase.

Origin of Corinthians

1350-1400; Middle English Corinthi(es) men of Corinth (Latin Corinthiī Greek Korínthioi; see Corinth) + -an

Examples for Corinthians

There were besides three thousand Corinthians, and again from the whole of Euboea at least three thousand.

With him marched contingents of all the allied States, except the Boeotians and Corinthians.

An other sentence of Paule is broughte which he writeth to the Corinthians / 1.

This doctrine is founded on an interpretation of Corinthians xv.

A few voices say, faintly and with hesitation, "First of Corinthians."

For all these reasons they despised the Corinthians, and made no secret of their contempt.

The first three names in the list are the Lacedæmonians, Athenians, Corinthians.

But now the Corinthians were by no means disposed to part with the garrison of the Argives.

If it wer not so / whi did paule thus rebuke the Corinthians?

Satisfied with this answer, the Corinthians set off to Thebes in quest of peace.