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philemon
 
Noun philemon has 3 senses
  1. Philemon - (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
    --1 is a kind of     countryman
  2. Philemon - (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul
    --2 is a kind of     Colossian
  3. Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Epistle to Philemon, Philemon - a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping
    --3 is a kind of book; New Testament
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