#philemon


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    • (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
    • Pos: noun
    • (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul
    • Pos: noun
    • a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping
    • Pos: noun

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$ https://github.com/open-dictionary/english-dictionary/blob/master/p/h/philemon/en.json

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