cyprian
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1. cyprian - Noun
2. cyprian - Adjective
3. cyprian - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Belonging to Cyprus.
Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness.
A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.
A lewd woman; a harlot.
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Fairest Isle, all isles excelling, Seat of pleasures, and of loves; Venus here will choose her dwelling, And forsake her Cyprian groves.
Cyprian was a boy who carried with him through early life the wondering look of a dreamer, the eyes of one who sees things that are not visible to ordinary mortals, and invests the commonplace things of this world with qualities unsuspected by plainer folk – the eyes of a poet or a house agent.
Cypriot expatriates
Cypriote monasteries
After an absence of fourteen months, Cyprian returned to his diocese and defended leaving his post in letters to the other North African bishops.
And Saint Cyprian (died 258) recommended that the utmost diligence be observed in investigating the claims of those who were said to have died for the faith.