Sassanid
noun
a member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia a.d. 226–651.
Sassanids
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pluralof Sassanid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the latest period of the dominion of the Sassanids, the recent Middle Persian or Parsee took the place of Pehlevi.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
If the royal court of the Sassanids was arranged after that of the Achæmenids, the attire of the king was even more extravagant.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
As the youth of Achæmenes is ennobled in the older tradition, so later legends surrounded the life of the progenitor of the Sassanids with premonitory indications.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
In the time of the Sassanids, the worship of the sun comes definitely forward.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
But this historical aspect of the myth is of late origin: it is nothing but a reflex of the great Iranian empire founded by the Achaemenids and restored by the Sassanids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
