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Menois

MENOIS, probably the same as Minois, of which Mention is made in the Subscriptions to some of the Councils1. Menois was not far from Gaza, as Eusebius2 informs us. ‘Tis without Doubt the same as Menoenum castrum, to be found in the Codex of Theodosius3. It was the Capital of the Maonians or Mæonians, of which Mention is made in Scripture. See 1 Chron. iv. 40, 41. and 2 Chron. xx. 1. in the Hebrew, and the Article Maon before, which is the same as Menois.

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  1. Concil. Calced. An. 451. Episcop. Minoidis subscripsit. ↩

  2. Euseb. Onom. in Meneben. ↩

  3. L. xxx. Cod. Theod. de Erog. milit. annon. ↩

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