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Laodicea , name of several Greek cities of Asia and Asia Minor built by the Seleucids in the 3d cent. BC The most important, Laodicea ad Lycum, was N of Colossae near the present Denizli. On the trade route from the East, the city prospered, particularly under Rome. Extensive Roman ruins include theaters, an aqueduct, a gymnasium, and sarcophagi. Laodicea ad Mare, a seaport of Syria S of Antioch, flourished under the Romans. It is the modern Latakia.

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Laodicean ‘lukewarm, neither cold nor hot’, like the church of Laodicea (Rev. 3: 15, 16). XVII. f. L. Läodicēa, Gr. Läodíkeia, name of a city in Asia Minor (now Latakia); see -EAN.
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Laodicea. A Hellenistic city in the Roman province of Asia. It was the seat of an early Christian community mentioned in Col. 4: 16 and Rev. 3: 14 ff., and a bishopric of some importance for several centuries.
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