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Etrurian :: Etrurian (a.) Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy..

Babylonian :: Babylonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean..

Ramayana :: Ramayana (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.

Methodical :: Methodical (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists.

Prodigy :: Prodigy (n.) Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies..

Decemvir :: Decemvir (n.) One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.

Tammuz :: Tammuz (n.) A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis..

Antique :: Antique (a.) In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases..

Kaiser :: Kaiser (n.) The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.

Pharaonic :: Pharaonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pharaohs, or kings of ancient Egypt..

Palmette :: Palmette (n.) A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament..

Holcad :: Holcad (n.) A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece..

Syenite :: Syenite (n.) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite..

Hierology :: Hierology (n.) A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science..

Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..

Ancient :: Ancient (a.) Experienced; versed.

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.

Cambria :: Cambria (n.) The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

Acatalepsy :: Acatalepsy (n.) Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability..

Trisagion :: Trisagion (n.) An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See Tersanctus..

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