Saracen
noun
a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
Saracenic
-
a word derived from
Saracen.
Example Sentences
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On the second floor was an Assyrian throne room, a Saracenic Hall and an auditorium for lectures.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2021
Another house, for the 15th, at Amity and Emmett, no longer stands but was described as Moorish, Ingram having taken the general Norman formula and added Saracenic details.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2011
He was knighted by the Emperor of Austria, awarded high Saracenic orders by the Bey of Tunis.
From Time Magazine Archive
We were there ten days, and spent the mornings in drawing amongst the purple rocks and sandy bays, and the afternoons in riding up the mountain staircases to the Saracenic rock-built castles and desolate towns.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
So far we have been dealing only with the Saracenic share in the European revival.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
