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  • noun Plural form of papyrus.

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Examples

  • Egyptian papyruses with beautiful ceremonial reliefs graced the walls, as did peacock feathers and small figurines and masks from the motherland.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • Egyptian papyruses with beautiful ceremonial reliefs graced the walls, as did peacock feathers and small figurines and masks from the motherland.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • Yes -- I did write numerous papyruses on the matter but they were all burned.

    Danielle Crittenden: Washingtonia: The Plot Thickens Against Carolus 2008

  • He said something about a magistrate being assigned to go through the scrolls and papyruses in your office ... but looking for what?

    Danielle Crittenden: Washingtonia: The Plot Thickens Against Carolus 2008

  • It was as though historians of an ancient empire, having been forced to rely on a handful of personal papyruses and a few royal inscriptions ... had suddenly been handed a store of material by a conscientious time-traveler ....

    Facing Up to Stalin 2004

  • It was as though historians of an ancient empire, having been forced to rely on a handful of personal papyruses and a few royal inscriptions ... had suddenly been handed a store of material by a conscientious time-traveler ....

    Facing Up to Stalin 2004

  • It is mentioned in Egyptian papyruses, was well known to the Greeks, and a popular spice in Rome.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • It is mentioned in Egyptian papyruses, was well known to the Greeks, and a popular spice in Rome.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • As for solid wastes, a cantrip recovered from ancient Egyptian papyruses was to turn them instantly into stone scarabs, the sale of which as collectibles ought to help the NASA budget.

    Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999

  • He occasionally had fleeting images of himself poring over papyruses in an ancient library in Alexandria or Athens.

    Flash Jayne Ann Krentz 1998

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