WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ephesus
    n 1: an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in
         what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a
         major trading center and played an important role in early
         Christianity
    2: the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as
       mother of God and condemned Pelagius [syn: Ephesus,
       Council of Ephesus]