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
The ground is strewn with broken glass and pottery, some Roman, some Saracenic.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Each of these buildings is decorated with ornament in the Saracenic style, of a richness and beauty of which only photography could give any adequate representation.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
