Saite

American  

[sey-ahyt] / ˈseɪ aɪt /

noun

1. a native or citizen of Saïs.

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adjective

1. Also Saitic of or relating to Saïs or its inhabitants.

2. of or relating to the period 663–525 b.c., when the Pharaohs ruled at Saïs.

Saite British  

/ ˈseɪaɪt /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the ancient Egyptian city of Saïs

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Etymology

Origin of Saite

1670–80; < Latin Saītēs < Greek Saī́tēs. See Saïs, -ite ¹

Example Sentences

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Saite

“We are standing before a goldmine of information,” said Dr Ramadan Badry Hussein, director of the Saqqara Saite Tombs Project which oversees the excavation.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2018

In the Saite period this is replaced by the more general title of “Beginning of the Chapter of going forth from day.”

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

There was a revival under the Saite monarchy in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.

From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell

But only when we reach the Saite dynasty do we get a really precise chronology.

From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell

According to Manetho, the Tanites of the twenty-third dynasty were followed by the twenty-fourth dynasty, consisting of a single Saite, Bokkhoris, whom the monuments call Bak-n-ran-f.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce