pye

[ pahy ]

/ paɪ /

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noun Ecclesiastical.

a variant of pie⁴.

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Origin of pye

First recorded in 1530–40

Words nearby pye

pycnium, pycno-, pycnometer, pycnostyle, Pydna, pye, pye-dog, pyelectasis, pyelitis, pyelo-, pyelocaliceal

How to use pye in a sentence

So home to dinner, and had an excellent Good Friday dinner of peas porridge and apple pye.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
There, beyond the Joe-Pye weed, and between the stump and the cedar-top, is a hand's breadth of black water.
Fishing with a Worm|Bliss Perry
Keep some whole ones, to lay a bed of them at the top of the Pye, when all is in.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby
"Those Pye girls are cheats all round," said Diana indignantly, as they climbed the fence of the main road.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery

Mr. Phillips will make me sit with that horrid Gertie Pye—I know he will because she is sitting alone.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for pye

pye

/ (paɪ) /

noun

a variant spelling of pie 5

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