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A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum.
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Alt. of Alexipharmical
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Alt. of Alexiterical
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A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites.
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A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.
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Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
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Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
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See Alexipharmic.
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An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe (Smyrnium Olusatrum).
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A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.
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The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.
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Alexipharmic.
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To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river.
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Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
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One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World.
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A follower of Origen of Alexandria.
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Alt. of Alexipharmacal
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A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.
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The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.
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Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.
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