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pythia
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pythia
(wn) | Pythia
n 1: (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who
transmitted the oracles [syn: Pythia, Pythoness] |
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pythias
(encz) | Pythias, |
Knights of Pythias
(gcide) | Knight \Knight\, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, AS.
cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower;
akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]
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2.
(a) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback
and admitted to a certain military rank with special
ceremonies, including an oath to protect the
distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless
life.
(b) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of
baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him
to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:
(c) A champion; a partisan; a lover. "Give this ring to my
true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will I be
your knight." --Tennyson.
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Knights, by their oaths, should right poor
ladies' harms. --Shak.
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Note: Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a
knight is not hereditary.
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3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a
horse's head.
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4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave
or jack. [Obs.]
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Carpet knight. See under Carpet.
Knight of industry. See Chevalier d'industrie, under
Chevalier.
Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes, {Knight of St. John of
Jerusalem}. See Hospitaler.
Knight of the post, one who gained his living by giving
false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper
in general. --Nares. "A knight of the post, . . . quoth
he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you
anything for twelve pence." --Nash.
Knight of the shire, in England, one of the representatives
of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the
representatives of cities and boroughs.
Knights commanders, Knights grand cross, different
classes of the Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and
Companion.
Knights of labor, a secret organization whose professed
purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen
as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.]
Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in Washington,
D. C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.
Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging to an order
which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted
by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common
title from the table around which they sat on certain
solemn days. --Brande & C.
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Pythiad
(gcide) | Pythiad \Pyth"i*ad\, n. [See Pythian.] (Gr. Antiq.)
The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian
games and the next.
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Pythian
(gcide) | Pythian \Pyth"i*an\, a. [L. Pythius, Gr. ? belonging to Pytho,
the older name of Delphi and its environs: cf. F. pythien.]
Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to
the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi.
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Pythian games (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national
festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in
honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at
first once in eight years, afterward once in four.
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Pythian games
(gcide) | Pythian \Pyth"i*an\, a. [L. Pythius, Gr. ? belonging to Pytho,
the older name of Delphi and its environs: cf. F. pythien.]
Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to
the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi.
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Pythian games (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national
festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in
honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at
first once in eight years, afterward once in four.
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damon and pythias
(wn) | Damon and Pythias
n 1: (Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias
was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow
Pythias to get his affairs in order; when Pythias returned
in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let
them both live |
family pythiaceae
(wn) | family Pythiaceae
n 1: fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and
singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores [syn:
Pythiaceae, family Pythiaceae] |
pythiaceae
(wn) | Pythiaceae
n 1: fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and
singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores [syn:
Pythiaceae, family Pythiaceae] |
pythian games
(wn) | Pythian Games
n 1: the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every
four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of
Apollo |
pythias
(wn) | Pythias
n 1: friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was
condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a
respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life
for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in
time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC) [syn:
Phintias, Pythias] |
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