alexandrian
IPA: æɫʌgzˈændriʌn
Root Word: Alexandrian
noun
- A native or inhabitant of Alexandria.
- A practitioner of Alexandrian Wicca.
- Synonym of alexandrine.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
- (not comparable) Applied to a kind of heroic verse; synonym of alexandrine.
- Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.
- Only used in Alexandrian limp.
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Examples of "alexandrian" in Sentences
- I think it's an alexandrian too.
- Alexandrian edition of Sappho's poetry.
- Manuscripts of the Alexandrian text type.
- Characteristics of the Alexandrian text type.
- It is only a tertiary witness of the Alexandrian text.
- These omissions are typical for the Alexandrian text type.
- The Papyrus 66 favors the Byzantine not the Alexandrian texts.
- This translation was a representative of Alexandrian text type.
- The text type of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian.
- It then switched to an adaptation by Victorius of the Alexandrian rules.
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