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phenix

American  
[fee-niks] / ˈfi nɪks /

noun

  1. a variant of phoenix.


phenix British  
/ ˈfiːnɪks /

noun

  1. a US spelling of phoenix

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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From the ashes of a party that has fallen a sacrifice to its own rectitude will arise another phenix of political virtue, with fresh vigour and immortal hope.

From The Religion of Politics A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency John Davis, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable Council, And The Legislature Of Massachusetts, At The Annual Election, January 5, 1842. by Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles) Gannett

As the message reached the president it read: "Consinor westcote tag company tag sis in it oisin phenix phin sulfur uin armordale."

From Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Ellis Parker Butler

From these seeds in springtime, as out of the ashes of the phenix, will come forth living things, stalks bearing fruits, "earth's treasures."

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand

Here it is: “In the sky the phenix proudly flies, On the earth the lambkin tamely lies, At the table through an ancient book I wade, In the room I softly call the maid.”

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm

Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. ÷ bird, the phenix.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

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