Serapis

[ si-rey-pis ]

noun

1. Also a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
2. (italics) the British man-of-war captured by John Paul Jones in 1779.

Serapis

/ ˈsɛrəpɪs /

noun

1. a Graeco-Egyptian god combining attributes of Apis and Osiris

Example Sentences

After fierce fighting between the two ships, although his own ship sank, he captured the "Serapis" and sailed away in it.

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He had taken a gun and loaded it with double-headed shot, and kept firing at the mainmast of the Serapis.

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This was the man who had been in Paul Jones's great fight and had received the surrender of the captain of the Serapis.

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The Baltic convoy was protected by the Serapis and the Scarborough.

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It was a severe blow, but the Serapis was not slow in responding.

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