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Egypt
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Egyptize
To give an Egyptian character or appearance to
Egyptian
Pertaining to Egypt in Africa
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Lotus
A name of several kinds of water lilies as Nelumbium speciosum used in religious ceremonies anciently in Egypt and to this day in Asia Nelumbium luteum the American lotus and Nymphaeliga Lotus and Nymphaeliga caeligrulea the
Osiris
One of the principal divinities of Egypt the brother and husband of Isis He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper
Ro setta stone
A stone found at Rosetta in Egypt bearing a trilingual inscription by aid of which with other inscriptions a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics
Paper
which is derived from the name of reedy plant papyrus and grows abundantly along the Nile river in Egypt is explained in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (volume 2) (Third Edition) as: A substance composed of fibers
Papyrus
A tall rushlike plant Cyperus Papyrus of the Sedge family formerly growing in Egypt and now found in Abyssinia Syria Sicily etc The stem is triangular and about an inch thick
Mameluke
from slaves converted to Mohammedanism who during several centuries had more or less control of the government of Egypt until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811
Melchite
One of a sect chiefly in Syria and Egypt which acknowledges the authority of the pope but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church
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