Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The language now spoken in the neighborhood of ancient Memphis, and forming one of the main divisions of Coptic; also, formerly, the adjacent Coptic dialect now called
Bohairic . - noun A native or an inhabitant of ancient Memphis in Egypt.
- Of or pertaining to ancient Memphis or to its inhabitants or dialect; Memphian: as, the Memphite kingdom.
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Manuscripts have been composed from the most remote antiquity (Egyptian papyri of the memphite epoch) down to the period of the invention of printing.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Among the mineral substances are to be noted sea-salt, alum, nitre, sulphate of copper, and a score of different kinds of stones -- among the latter the "memphite stone" was distinguished for its virtues; if applied to parts of the body which were lacerated or unhealthy, it acted as an anaesthetic and facilitated the success of surgical operations.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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