Rhodian noun & adjective. ['rǝʊdɪǝn] M16.
[from Latin Rhodius, from Rhodos, -us = Greek Rhodos Rhodes, the largest of the Dodecanese Islands in the SE Aegean and from 1309 to 1522 the headquarters of the order of the Knights of the Hospital of St John at Jerusalem: see -AN.]
A. noun.
1. = HOSPITALLER 1. Only in M16.

2. A native or inhabitant of Rhodes. L16.
b. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to the order of the Knights Hospitallers. rare. L16.

2. Of or pertaining to Rhodes; inhabiting Rhodes. E17.

3. Designating a rhetorical style, less florid than the Asiatic, characteristic of the ancient Rhodian school of oratory. L18.
■ Disraeli A dashing speech..worthy of the historical society in..its Rhodian eloquence.

4. Designating a type of pottery characterized by brilliant pigments (esp. red), formerly thought to derive from Rhodes but now known to be a variety of later Isnik ware. L19.

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