Memphite

[ mem-fahyt ]

adjective

1. Also Mem·phit·ic [] of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.

noun

1. Memphian ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Memphite¹

≪ Greek Memphī́tēs inhabitant of Memphis; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Such being the only values attached to Serpents and eggs in Egyptian hieroglyphics it is arduous to speculate whether an esoteric significance did or did not exist between those emblems in the, to us, unknown Cosmogony of the Theban and Memphite Colleges.

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But after Pherôn he returns to his series of “Memphite” kings.

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This time it is “a Memphite whose Greek name is Prôteus,” and whose shrine was situated in the midst of “the Tyrian Camp” or settlement on the “south side of the temple of Ptah.”

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Ra, r�, n. the supreme sun-god of the Memphite system of ancient Egyptian mythology.

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On the recently discovered monuments of the early period, the Khu holds a place which it lost after the rise of Memphite influence with the Third Dynasty.

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