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Syrophœnician, n. (a.) Hist.|ˌsaɪərəʊfɪˈnɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. L. Syrophœnix, -ic-, fem. -phœnissa, a. Gr. συροϕοίνιξ, -ικ-, fem. -ϕοίνισσα: see Syro- and Phœnician.
OE. versions of Mark vii. 26 have the adj. sirofenisc:—
c975Rushw. Gosp. Mark vii. 26 Erat autem mulier gentilis syrophoenissa genere, wæs wutudlice wif ðæt hæðen ðæs sirophinisca cynnes; Lindisf. ðæs cynnes is nemned syro-phoenisa; Ags. Gosp. sirofenisces cynnes, Hatton sy(e)rofeniscas cynnes.]
A native or inhabitant of Syrophœnicia, a Roman province of Western Asia, including Phœnicia and the territories of Damascus and Palmyra. Also adj., belonging to this country or its inhabitants.
1560Bible (Genev.) Mark vii. 26 The woman was a Greke, a Syrophenissian [1582 N.T. (Rhem.) Syrophænician] by nacion. 1840C. O. Müller's Hist. Lit. Greece ii. §4. 15 Aphrodite, whose worship was evidently for the most part propagated over Greece from Cyprus and Cythera by the influence of Syrophœnician tribes. 1860Smith's Dict. Bible I. 856/2 This Syrophoenician worship of the sun and moon. |