Osiris

American  

[oh-sahy-ris] / oʊˈsaɪ rɪs /

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.

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Osiris British  

/ əʊˈsaɪrɪs /

noun

1. an ancient Egyptian god, ruler of the underworld and judge of the dead

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Other Word Forms

• Osirian
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Osiris

It opens with Ankhmerwer standing in adoration before a gilded Osiris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

The next week, however, St. Brown’s brother, Osiris, scored on a similar play for Stanford.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025

An exception: Thousands of analysts across the 18 U.S. intelligence agencies now use a CIA-developed gen AI called Osiris.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

Scroll through a few threads debating whether Bradley Cooper should wear a prosthetic nose to play legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein, and there'd be the face of Downey's Lazarus as Black Army Sergeant Lincoln Osiris.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023

Serapis was an amalgam of Apis, the native bull god, and Osiris, the anthropomorphic lord of the dead—an instant “designer god” fashioned by the Ptolemies to give Greeks and Egyptians a deity in common.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro