theodosius

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   the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395)

   SynonymsTheodosius ITheodosius the GreatFlavius Theodosius

   BroaderRoman Emperor

Other forms of theodosius

plural

theodosiuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about theodosius

What does theodosius mean?

theodosius means "the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395)".

How many syllables are in theodosius?

theodosius has 5 syllables: the-o-do-si-us. The stress falls on "do".

What is another word for theodosius?

Close synonyms include Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is theodosius a common word?

theodosius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.