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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Greek who rescued his friend Damon, who stood bail for Pythias when he was condemned to die.
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- noun friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC)
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Examples
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Among those who came under it was a Pythagorean called Pythias, who was sentenced to death, according to the usual fate of those who fell under his suspicion.
A Book of Golden Deeds Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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(Aegis, 21 October 1895) is a haunted house tale concerning Chaldean necromancy, psychic forces, and astral forms being discussed with exhausting erudition by Damon Van Buster, somebody called "Pythias," and George and Fred (no last names), the latter a medical student "deep in Gray's Anatomy."
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The view from the terrace is of the ornate columns of the upper stories of a building on West 70th Street built in 1926 for the Knights of Pythias.
Sanborn Seeks Home High Note Josh Barbanel 2010
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By then, Vensure had gone from a nearly illiquid "sleepy little credit union" connected to a defunct Knights of Pythias lodge in New York's Adirondack mountains into a fast-growing processor of online poker funds, federal credit-union regulators said in a May filing after they took control of Vensure, whose business they said was too risky.
Full Tilt's Collection Woes Bred Alleged Ponzi Scheme Alexandra Berzon 2011
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I think most Americans would agree that the gals have a Damon and Pythias
Think Progress » Palin: Palin-Bachmann 2012 ticket ‘sounds kind of cool.’ 2010
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And there rises up before me all that was there foreshadowed, and I see visions of Damon and Pythias, of life-saving crews and
CHAPTER VII 2010
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I think most Americans would agree that the gals have a Damon and Pythias
Think Progress » Palin: Palin-Bachmann 2012 ticket ‘sounds kind of cool.’ 2010
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It bore the Knights of Pythias name and insignia above names of World War I casualties, among them: a Schwartz, a Dickstein and a Katz.
Laura Silver: On Veterans, Crosses And Shields Laura Silver 2010
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Representatives from the Knights of Pythias secular fraternity were not able to offer insight into the disproportionate number of Jewish names on the plague.
Laura Silver: On Veterans, Crosses And Shields Laura Silver 2010
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They spend a night in the Birchall mansion where Pythias and Damon play chess.
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