a. Obs. rare–1. [f. Gr. ἐφέστι-ος of the house or family (f. ἐπί upon + ἐστία hearth) + -AN.] Domestic, as opposed to foreign.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. (1834), 275. That the state [government] of this Isle, without regard to Ephestian or exotick country … should consider of men according to the fruits, whether good or bad.
