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osiris

O·si·ris
O o

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-sahy-ris]
    • /oʊˈsaɪ rɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-sahy-ris]
    • /oʊˈsaɪ rɪs/

Definitions of osiris word

  • noun osiris the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown. 1
  • noun osiris an ancient Egyptian god, ruler of the underworld and judge of the dead 0
  • noun osiris the god of the lower world and judge of the dead, brother and husband of Isis 0
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • apis

    (in ancient Egypt) a sacred bull worshipped at Memphis

  • atef-crown

    a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.

  • ennead

    A group or set of nine.

  • horus

    a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.

  • isis

    Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (or Islamic State in Iraq and Syria): a radical Sunni Muslim organization whose aim is to restore an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the region encompassing Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, and southeastern Turkey.

  • serapis

    Also, Sarapis. 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.
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