Memphite

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[mem-fahyt] / ˈmɛm faɪt /

adjective

1. Also Memphitic of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.

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noun

1. Memphian.

Etymology

Origin of Memphite

≪ Greek Memphī́tēs inhabitant of Memphis; see -ite ¹

Example Sentences

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Memphite

The Theban rock, like the Memphite pyramid, contained only the passages and the sepulchral chamber.

From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by G. (Gaston) Maspero

And with the disappearance of the old Memphite empire, they too tend to disappear.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

It lacks the breadth and learning of the first Memphite school; it also lacks the grand, and sometimes rude, manner of the great Theban school.

From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by G. (Gaston) Maspero

The dwelling-places of the Apis, in the grim darkness beneath the Memphite desert, are, as all the world knows, monster coffins of black granite ranged in catacombs, hot and stifling as eternal stoves.

From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines

But the Memphite sculptors, deeming the two last ungraceful, excluded them from the domain of art, and rarely, if ever, reproduced them.

From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by G. (Gaston) Maspero