| 单词 | porphyry chamber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporphyry chamber porphyry chamber n. historical the name of a room in the palace of the Byzantine Emperors, perhaps a purple one associated with imperial births; cf. quot. 1788 at porphyrogenite n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > state room palace chamber?c1425 state room1695 gloriette1839 porphyry chamber1854 chamber of parament1920 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. viii. 190 Constantine was seized..conducted to the porphyry chamber, in which Irene had borne him—her first-born son. 1973 Current Anthropol. 14 246/1 Reigning empresses in Constantinople gave birth in a porphyry chamber to those who henceforward were known as porphyrogenetos. < as lemmas |
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