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Osiris

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O·si·ris  (-srs)
n. Mythology
The ancient Egyptian god whose annual death and resurrection personified the self-renewing vitality and fertility of nature.
Osiris [əʊˈsaɪrɪs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Non-European Myth & Legend) an ancient Egyptian god, ruler of the underworld and judge of the dead
Osirian  adj
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Noun1.OsirisOsiris - Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus


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before doubtless derived their idle tale of the child Osiris being
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
After these appear'd A crew who under Names of old Renown, OSIRIS, ISIS, ORUS and their Train With monstrous shapes and sorceries abus'd Fanatic EGYPT and her Priests, to seek Thir wandring Gods disguis'd in brutish forms Rather then human.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
Some heavenly days must have been intercalated somewhere, like those that Hermes won with dice of the Moon, that Osiris might be born.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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