Sylvanus

[sil-vey-nuhs]

noun

plural

Sylvani 

1. Silvanus.

Sylvanus

/ sɪlˈveɪnəs /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Silvanus

Example Sentences

The West Point Association of Graduates has canceled an award ceremony for actor Tom Hanks, who was scheduled to receive the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award on September 25.

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Sylvanus Thayer, considered the “father of the military academy,” was superintendent in the 1820s.

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He told Togo's President, Sylvanus Olympio, that the reason the US shared one ambassador between Togo and Cameroon was because he did not want his diplomats to "have to live in tents".

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There were also many Numina connected with the life of the household, such as Terminus, Guardian of Boundaries; Priapus, Cause of Fertility; Pales, Strengthener of Cattle; Sylvanus, Helper of Plowmen and Woodcutters.

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The so-called “Thayer System,” established by the Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer in the early 19th Century, is still the form of academic instruction at the Academy.

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