Pharaonic
[fair-ey-on-ik, far-]
- (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- (usually lowercase) impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.: a construction project of pharaonic proportions.
- (lowercase) cruelly oppressive; tyrannical: pharaonic tax laws.
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Origin of Pharaonic
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Contemporary Examples
Pharaonic scenes, Muslim symbols, poetry, and Coptic icons—great vivid murals bloomed onto the walls.
Historical Examples
No example of such an arrangement has been met with in the Pharaonic temples.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)Georges Perrot
The culture of Pharaonic Egypt must have been derived from the banks of the Euphrates.
Early Israel and the Surrounding NationsArchibald Sayce
From the outset the Pharaonic Egyptians were a nation of readers and writers.
Early Israel and the Surrounding NationsArchibald Sayce
Nekht-nebf, the last king, was a poor specimen of the Pharaonic type of monarch.
Ancient EgyptGeorge Rawlinson
The ancient Pharaonic empire begins, or perhaps the reign of the divine dynasties.