Delphian
[ del-fee-uhn ]
noun
a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
adjective
Origin of Delphian
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How to use Delphian in a sentence
To prove to others that they knew nothing, is what he himself represents to be his mission from the Delphian oracle.
His mission from the Delphian God finishes with the negative: inspiration fails him when he deals with the affirmative.
Though the Delphian oracle pronounced him the wisest of mankind, we concluded to look further, and in so doing, came to Epicurus.
The Prince of India, Volume I | Lew. WallaceThe Muses are united with the Graces as in a work of art in the Delphian temple.
The Homeric Hymns | Andrew LangThey were the authors of the celebrated mottoes inscribed in later days in the Delphian Temple.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 | Barkham Burroughs
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