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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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