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Memphitic, a.|mɛmˈfɪtɪk|
[ad. Gr. Μεµϕιτικός, f. Μεµϕίτης inhabitant of Memphis: see -ite and -ic.]
Pertaining to Memphis, or to the dialect of Coptic spoken there. Also † Memˈphitical a.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 492 b, You builde not the consciences of men, but highe steepe Memphyticall Steeples (as I may tearme them)..of lofty speeches. 1861Chamber's Encycl. II. 78/1 The duplex Egyptian [version]..the one being in the language of Lower Egypt, and termed the Coptic or Memphitic [etc.]. 1875Lightfoot Comm. Col. (ed. 2) 312 note, The readings of the Memphitic Version. |