phenix

American  

[fee-niks] / ˈfi nɪks /

noun

1. a variant of phoenix.

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phenix British  

/ ˈfiːnɪks /

noun

1. a US spelling of phoenix

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Example Sentences

He gave little heed to Ermita, the phenix of nipa that had rearisen from its ashes under the form of blue and white houses with red-painted roofs of corrugated iron.

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.

There is a figure of the great Platonic year with a phenix on his hand on the reverse of a medal of Adrian.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus

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 Jusserand, Jean Jules

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 Gannett, Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles)

Then let the Eastern world brag and be proud135 Of one coy phenix, while we have a brood, A brood of phenixes: while we have brother And sister-phenixes, and still the mother.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard