Meaning Of The Word Porphyry
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Porphyry Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Porphyry?
porphyry in American English
an Egyptian rock with large feldspar crystals contained in a purplish groundmass noun: a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar porphyry in British English noun: any igneous rock with large crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals noun: original name Malchus. 232–305 ad, Greek Neo-Platonist philosopher, born in Syria; disciple and biographer of Plotinus |
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