Gazæan

comparative more Gazæan · superlative most Gazæan

1. archaicArchaic spelling of Gazaean.

   The promised son, Theodosius the younger, was born; and, true to her word, Eudoxia interceded with the Emperor for a rescript closing the Gazæan temples.

   1913, Theodore Edward Dowling, D.D., Gaza: A City of Many Battles, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Chapter 7, page #52

plural Gazæans

1. archaicArchaic spelling of Gazaean.

   The Gazæans used the Macedonian names of the months, not the Egyptian ones, and began their year at the end of October, on the twenty-eighth, not the end of August, as the Egyptians did

   1907, Martin A. Meyer, Columbia University Oriental Studies Vol. 5: History of the City of Gaza, The Columbia University Press, Chapter 13, page #125