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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crete \Crete\ (kr[=e]t), n. [L. Cres, Cretis.] A Cretan From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Crete n : the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC [syn: {Crete}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Crete, IL (village, FIPS 17523) Location: 41.45319 N, 87.61509 W Population (1990): 6773 (2505 housing units) Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60417 Crete, ND Zip code(s): 58040 Crete, NE (city, FIPS 11370) Location: 40.62564 N, 96.95830 W Population (1990): 4841 (1865 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68333 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Crete now called Candia, one of the largest islands in the Meditterranean, about 140 miles long and 35 broad. It was at one time a very prosperous and populous island, having a "hundred cities." The character of the people is described in Paul's quotation from "one of their own poets" Epimenides in his epistle to Titus: "The Cretans are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies" (Titus 1:12). Jews from Crete were in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:11). The island was visited by Paul on his voyage to Rome (Acts 27). Here Paul subsequently left Titus (1:5) "to ordain elders." Some have supposed that it was the original home of the Caphtorim (q.v.) or Philistines. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Crete, carnal; fleshly
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