Apollinaris

/ əˌpɒlɪˈnɛərɪs /

noun

1. an effervescent mineral water

Word History and Origins

Origin of Apollinaris¹

C19: named after Apollinarisburg, near Bonn, Germany

Example Sentences

There also was a list of stomach-soothing waters, including Saratoga Vichy and Apollinaris from Germany.

From New York Times

On July 13, the more than 690 year old St. Sebastianus shooting club will celebrate its patron saint, St. Apollinaris with its “Historic Procession,” when more than 3,000 uniformed shooters, marching bands, and teams of horses and carriages wind their way through the city streets.

From Forbes

Apollinaris denied the completeness of the human nature, and substituted the divine Logos for the reasonable soul of man.

From Project Gutenberg

We pass by Carthage, in spite of Tertullian's great name; Antioch, notwithstanding Theophilus, whose labors against the heathen still bore fruit; Sardis, in spite of Melito, then just dead, but living still in men's mouths by the fame of his learning, eloquence, and miracles; and Hierapolis, in spite of Apollinaris, who, like so many others, approached the emperor himself with an apology.

From Project Gutenberg

So powerful was the influence of pagan Rome over a foreigner; and that influence may be yet better perceived in the Christian poet Sidonius Apollinaris, who, though brought up, like Ausonius, in the Gallic schools, and sound in faith, could not write hexameters without mythology.

From Project Gutenberg