Amen-Ra

American  

[ah-muhn-rah] / ˈɑ mənˈrɑ /

Or Amon-Ra

noun

Egyptian Mythology.

1. a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.

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Amen-Ra British  

/ ˌɑːmənˈrɑː /

noun

1. Egyptian myth the sun-god; the principal deity during the period of Theban hegemony

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Example Sentences

About 1,000 years before Christ, a priestess of the College of Amen-Ra lived and died in the mighty city of Thebes.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2018

They went to Luxor, on their way to the Second Cataract, and there explored Thebes with its temple to Amen-Ra, unequaled on earth for its ruined magnificence.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2018

The Egyptians held the scarabæus especially sacred to Amen-Ra, i.e., the mystery of the sun-god.

From Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. by Myer, Isaac

The door=ptah, which is open, expresses the name Ptah=the Opener, well known as that of the “father of the gods” and a form of Amen-Ra.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

It was obvious that the uræus=ara and the wing meh, would form an ingenious anagram expressing, by means of the signs, a-meh-ra, the name Amen-Ra.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia