sardius

American  

[sahr-dee-uhs] / ˈsɑr di əs /

noun

1. sard.

2. the precious stone, thought to have been a ruby, in the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. Exodus 28:17.

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sardius British  

/ ˈsɑːdɪəs /

noun

1. Old Testament a precious stone, probably a ruby, set in the breastplate of the high priest

2. another name for sard

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Etymology

Origin of sardius

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English sardius, sardeos, sardis, sardius, from Late Latin sardius, from Greek sárdios, sárdios “(stone) of Sardis ”

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Example Sentences

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sardius

There are found emeralds, sapphires, carbuncles, topazes, chrysolites, onyx, beryl, sardius, and many other precious stones.

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor

Thus had the ceiling of this house a pearl here, and there a diamond; here a jasper, and there a sapphire; here a sardius, and there a jacinth; here a sardonyx, and there an amethyst.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

Thou has been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, emerald ….

From AE in the Irish Theosophist by George William Russell

The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

From The Revelation Explained by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row.

From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall

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