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Osirian, a.|əʊˈsaɪərɪən|
[f. proper name Osiris (see def.) + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to Osiris, the Egyptian deity personifying the power of good and the sunlight. So Oˈsiride, Osiˈridean adjs.; Oˈsirism, the cult or ritual associated with Osiris.
Osiride or Osiridean column or pillar, in Egyptian architecture, a square pier having in front of it a standing figure of Osiris.
1849[W. M. W. Call] Reverberations II. 105, I see Osirian Egypt stand, Sunward I see her lift her hand. 1862Fairholt Up Nile 285 The portico beside it is remarkable for its Osiride pillars. 1887Ch. Q. Rev. XXIII. 280 The vast Osiride figures that were once attached to its pillars were destroyed. 1897Edin. Rev. Oct. 469 Osiride pillars. 1906W. M. F. Petrie Relig. Anc. Egypt v. 38 The earliest phase of Osirism that we can identify is in portions of the Book of the Dead. 1968New Larousse Encycl. Mythol. (new ed.) 19/1 Isis, in the Osirian myth, represents the rich plains of Egypt. 1971E. Iversen in J. R. Harris Legacy of Egypt (ed. 2) vii. 183 Annius of Viterbo..used Diodorus' version of the myth as a background to his curious efforts to establish a heroic genealogy for his papal patron Alexander VI Borgia, identifying the bull of the papal coat of arms with the Osirian Apis, and making the Pope a descendant of the god himself. 1972P. M. Fraser Ptolemaic Alexandria I. v. 256 This identification [of Sarapis with the powers of the Underworld], which also proceeds from the Osirian character of Sarapis, is not attested by dedications. |