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‖ pentapolis|pɛnˈtæpəlɪs|
[L. a. Gr. πεντάπολις a state of five towns, f. πεντα- five + πόλις city, town]
A confederacy or group of five towns: applied in ancient times to several such groups.
[c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. 1137 Pentapolis next is syne, For v. citeis þar ar fyne. 1608Shakes. Per., Dram. Pers., Simonides, king of Pentapolis.] 1838Thirlwall Greece II. xii. 89 These six colonies formed an association,..distinguished by the name of the Dorian pentapolis. 1882Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 1653 Nicholas III..compelled Rudolph of Hapsburg to cede the pentapolis and the exarchate of Ravenna to the papal see.
Hence pentaˈpolitan a., of or pertainig to a Pentapolis, spec. to that of Cyrene in Lybia.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Patripassian, Because Sabellius was of Pentapolis, and the [Patripassian] heresy spread much there, called the Pentapolitan doctrine. 1853Kingsley Hypatia xxi, Did the Pentapolitan wheat-ships go to Rome? |