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Memphian   Listen
adjective
Memphian  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt; hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.
2.
Of or pertaining to the city of Memphis in Tennessee.





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"Memphian" Quotes from Famous Books



... In Memphian grove or green, Trampling the unshower'd grass with lowings loud: Nor can he be at rest Within his sacred chest; Naught but profoundest hell can be his shroud; In vain, with timbrell'd anthems dark, The sable-stoled sorcerers bear his ...
— In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 - Christmas Poems from 'round the World • Various
... king of the first dynasty in the hour of chronological daybreak. Within were orderly squares, cross-cut by avenues and relieved from monotony by scattered mosaics of groves. Out of these shady demesnes rose the great white temples of Ptah and Apis, and the palaces of the various Memphian Pharaohs. ...
— The Yoke - A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children - of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt • Elizabeth Miller


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