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Egyptian
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Egyptian
adj.
of Egyptian origin, of or pertaining to Egypt
n.
one of Egyptian origin; native of Egypt; resident of Egypt
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Egyptian
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Egyptian
Noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt
(hypernym) African
(hyponym) Copt
(member-holonym) Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic
2. the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
(hypernym) Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic
(hyponym) Coptic
Adjective
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language
(pertainym) Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic
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Egyptian
(n.)
A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.
A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.
(n.)
A gypsy.
A gypsy.
(a.)
Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.
Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.
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Book of the Dead
Book of the Dead, Egyptian The name given to certain ancient papyri of the Egyptian, more correctly called Pert em hru (coming forth into day or light). They have been discovered in many of the tombs, interred with the mummies. Although by no means the only text of importance coming down from the ancient Egyptians, it is a work of extreme antiquity, containing the system expounded by the priests, and is far older than the two other extant works known as the Book of the Pylons and the Book of the Tuat. The work depicts in symbolic form the afterdeath state, as presented by the priests to the populace of Egypt. The soul is depicted in the guise of a pilgrim, journeying through various halls, at the portals of each of which he was obliged to give a correct answer -- an account of the life he had lived upon earth. The pilgrim eventually reached the judgment hall, within which he was tried by the company of gods and goddesses. Before Osiris his heart was placed in a balance to testify for or against him. If he passed the test satisfactorily, he was permitted by Osiris to enter his domain and become as one of the deities.
In a mystical sense, the Book of the Dead is a veiled rendition of the passage of the defunct through the various tests and trials of kama-loka before entering devachan; and of the trials of initiation which were but copies, at least in its lower degrees, of the postmortem pilgrimage of the dead.
In a mystical sense, the Book of the Dead is a veiled rendition of the passage of the defunct through the various tests and trials of kama-loka before entering devachan; and of the trials of initiation which were but copies, at least in its lower degrees, of the postmortem pilgrimage of the dead.
