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

“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

And we are also told that Eudoxus was a disciple of Chnouphis the Memphite, Solo of Sonchis the Saite, and Pythagoras of Oinuphis the Heliopolite.

From Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

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 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Of the Saite kings there are very few large monuments.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

So clear the thin frosty air that each syllable quivers to us; but I cannot understand the words:- Saite yuke toya, ano ya wo saite; Yuke ba chikayoru nushi no soba.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio