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Cyprian

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Cyprian
/sip"ree euhn/, adj.
1. noting or pertaining to the worship of Aphrodite or to conduct inspired by Aphrodite.
2. lewd; licentious.
3. Cypriot.
n.
4. Cypriot.
5. a lewd or licentious person, esp. a prostitute.
6. the Cyprian, Aphrodite: so called because her cult was centered on Cyprus.
[1590-1600; < L Cypri(us) of Cyprus ( < Gk Kýprios, deriv. of Kýpros CYPRUS) + -AN]
/sip"ree euhn/, n.
Saint (Thascius Caecillus Cyprianus), A.D. c200-258, early church father, bishop, and martyr.

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