Meaning Of The Word Porphyry

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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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