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 Definitions of edessa  [ɪˈdɛs ə]  

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Definition of 'edessa' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Edessa
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the site of modern Urfa, in Turkey: an early center of Christianity.
Definitions of 'edessa' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  edessa
an ancient city in Mesopotamia; figures in early Church history, and is reputed to have contained at one time 300 monasteries; it fell into the hands of the Turks in 1515; is regarded as the sacred city of Abraham by Orientals.

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