seraphinn.

Forms: 1500s seraffine, serafyne, seraphine, xeraphin, 1600s serafin, seraffin, zeraphin, 1700s seraphyn, xerapheen, 1800s zeraphim.

Etymology: < Portuguese xerafim, xarafim, < Arabic sharīfī , originally the name of a gold coin. Compare seraph n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈseraphin.

Obsolete.

A silver coin formerly current in India; for its value, see quot. 1727.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent

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1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 56 b He must give him 600 Serafynes.

1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 215 There is also stamped in Ormuz a seraphine of golde, which is litle and round.

1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 37 I lost my 800 Seraffines or duckets.

a1613 W. Hawkins in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 217 Inprimis, of Seraffins Ecberi, which be ten Rupias a piece, there are sixtie Leckes.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 207 The Cruzado of Gold, 12 Zeraphins.

1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 772/2 A Candil of Rice was sold..for 2500 Seraphyns, or Gilders.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxi. 249 Their Soldiers Pay [at Goa] is very small... They have but six Xerapheens per Month,..a Xerapheen is worth about sixteen Pence half Peny Ster.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Zeraphim, a former money of account of Goa, of 240 Portugese reis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	seraphin
释义	seraphinn. Forms: 1500s seraffine, serafyne, seraphine, xeraphin, 1600s serafin, seraffin, zeraphin, 1700s seraphyn, xerapheen, 1800s zeraphim. Etymology: < Portuguese xerafim, xarafim, < Arabic sharīfī , originally the name of a gold coin. Compare seraph n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈseraphin. Obsolete. A silver coin formerly current in India; for its value, see quot. 1727. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent fanam1555 St. Thomas' coin1559 pardao1582 seraphin1582 chequina1587 pagody1588 pagoda1598 tanga1598 mahmudi1612 rupee1612 mohur1614 tola1614 lakh1615 picec1617 sicca rupee1619 rupee1678 anna1680 cash1711 R1711 star pagoda1741 pie1756 sicca1757 dam1781 dub1781 hun1807 swamy-pagoda1813 chick1842 re1856 paisa1884 naya paisa1956 poisha1974 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 56 b He must give him 600 Serafynes. 1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 215 There is also stamped in Ormuz a seraphine of golde, which is litle and round. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 37 I lost my 800 Seraffines or duckets. a1613 W. Hawkins in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 217 Inprimis, of Seraffins Ecberi, which be ten Rupias a piece, there are sixtie Leckes. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 207 The Cruzado of Gold, 12 Zeraphins. 1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 772/2 A Candil of Rice was sold..for 2500 Seraphyns, or Gilders. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxi. 249 Their Soldiers Pay [at Goa] is very small... They have but six Xerapheens per Month,..a Xerapheen is worth about sixteen Pence half Peny Ster. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Zeraphim, a former money of account of Goa, of 240 Portugese reis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see also also refers to : seraphimseraphinn. < n.1582 see also
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