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Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman..

Euchology :: Euchology (n.) A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers..

Wildfire :: Wildfire (n.) A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire..

Aristotelian :: Aristotelian (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.)..

Creek :: Creek (n.) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

Uniate :: Uniate (n.) A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively..

Barbiton :: Barbiton (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

Classic :: Classic (n.) A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language..

Autocephalous :: Autocephalous (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches..

Vesta :: Vesta (n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it..

Zeus :: Zeus (n.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter..

O :: O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre..

Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..

Smoke :: Smoke (n.) To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.

Purist :: Purist (n.) One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.

Diophantine :: Diophantine (a.) Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on algebra..

Plethrum :: Plethrum (n.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet..

Streel :: Streek (v. t.) To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak..

D :: D () The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Ph/nician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã178, 179, 229..

Hellenism :: Hellenism (n.) The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection..

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