PHILEMON

Philemon

(noun) (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul

Philemon

(noun) (Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people’s piety

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

29 June 2024

INITIALISM

(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”


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