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Serapis in a sentence
Serapis meaning
A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.
Using Serapis
- The main meaning on this page is: A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.
Context around Serapis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Serapis
- In this selection, "serapis" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 30.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, god, jibril, thus, engaged and bey stand out and add context to how "serapis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as to serapis and by jibril serapis bey used. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "serapis" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with serapis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Serapis engaged Bonhomme Richard, and soon afterwards, Alliance fired, from a considerable distance, at Countess. (15 words)
Alliance sailed past and fired a broadside, doing at least as much damage to Richard as to Serapis. (18 words)
An attempt by the British to board Bonhomme Richard was thwarted, and a grenade caused the explosion of a large quantity of gunpowder on Serapis s lower gun-deck. (29 words)
In a later period the Serapeum in Alexandria was also said to have contained a solar alignment so that, on a specific sunrise, a shaft of light would pass across the lips of the statue of Serapis thus symbolising the Sun saluting the god. (44 words)
The original version, performed by Jibril Serapis Bey (used in commercials in Europe, Japan and South Africa), was recorded long before it became the official song for Mazda as part of a soundtrack to the movie Only The Strong (released in 1993). (42 words)
Beneath the acropolis itself are the subterranean remains of the Serapeum, where the mysteries of the god Serapis were enacted, and whose carved wall niches are believed to have provided overflow storage space for the ancient Library. (37 words)
Example sentences (6)
Alliance sailed past and fired a broadside, doing at least as much damage to Richard as to Serapis.
An attempt by the British to board Bonhomme Richard was thwarted, and a grenade caused the explosion of a large quantity of gunpowder on Serapis s lower gun-deck.
Beneath the acropolis itself are the subterranean remains of the Serapeum, where the mysteries of the god Serapis were enacted, and whose carved wall niches are believed to have provided overflow storage space for the ancient Library.
In a later period the Serapeum in Alexandria was also said to have contained a solar alignment so that, on a specific sunrise, a shaft of light would pass across the lips of the statue of Serapis thus symbolising the Sun saluting the god.
Serapis engaged Bonhomme Richard, and soon afterwards, Alliance fired, from a considerable distance, at Countess.
The original version, performed by Jibril Serapis Bey (used in commercials in Europe, Japan and South Africa), was recorded long before it became the official song for Mazda as part of a soundtrack to the movie Only The Strong (released in 1993).