amaranthine

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In those who run the spiritual race for the amaranthine crown these qualities of endurance are not natural, but supernatural: they come not of birth but of rebirth.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or resembling the amaranth.
  2. adjective Eternally beautiful and unfading; everlasting.
  3. adjective Deep purple-red.

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  1. More correctly amarantine, from Gr.ἀμαράντινος, from ἀμάραντος, amaranth: see amaranth.
 

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