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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Emperor of Rome (AD 270–275) who secured the empire's northern border at the Danube River, reconquered Britain, Gaul, Syria, and Egypt, and introduced monetary reforms.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In entomology, like or pertaining to the aurelia: as, the aurelian form of an insect.
  • noun An entomologist devoted to the study of lepidopterous insects only.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the aurelia.
  • noun An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

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  • proper noun A male given name, of mostly historical use in English.

Etymologies

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Latin Aurelianus, derivatitive of the gens name Aurelius, "golden".

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Examples

  • See also the anecdote of Aurelian in Vopiscus, _Aurelian_, 23.

    A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Eugene A. Hecker

  • [113] Procopius neglects to say that the tomb was across the river from the circuit-wall at this point, at the end of a bridge (Pons Aelius) which faced the gate (Porta Cornelia) which he calls the Aurelian Gate.

    Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Procopius

  • Domicella had to husband a man that was called Aurelian, and was son of one of the councillors of the emperor.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900

  • The road, afterwards called the Aurelian way, led from Aix up the river Are, over a low _col_ to S. Maximin, and reached the coast by the valley of the Argens, that flows into the sea at Fréjus.

    In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc 1879

  • But it was not raised; and now, when too late, and these mercenary and selfish beings are driven to some action by the loss of their accustomed gains, a large and violent party is forming among them, who loudly condemn the conduct of the Queen and her ministers, and advocate immediate submission to whatever terms Aurelian may impose.

    Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra William Ware 1824

  • Daughter name Aurelian, was a little revived, and began to hope Things were in a pretty good Condition; he was perswaded to comfort her, and having brought her wholly to her self, was content to hear her Excuse, and in a little time was so far wrought upon as to beg Hippolito's Pardon for the Ill Opinion he had conceived of him, and not long after gave his

    Incognita; or, Love and Duty Reconcil'd William Congreve 1699

  • Under an able ruler, such as Aurelian, Rome proved to be still strong enough to repel her foes.

    Early European History Hutton Webster

  • The scene is laid at an earlier date than "Aurelian," being in fact during the time of Christ's ministrations in Judea, scenes which have since been so grandly used by Lew Wallace in "Ben Hur."

    Nautilus Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

  • And hence it is that we can explain the hatred borne to the senate by vigorous emperors, such as Aurelian, succeeding to a long course of weak and troubled reigns.

    The Caesars Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • I have been fairer than the one, and bolder than the other.] 51 Victor Junior in Aurelian.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

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