Aurelian
[ɔ:'ri:ljәn]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the aurelia.
(n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.
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Examples
- One or two names only seem to be the names of able men: such were Septimius Severus, Aurelian, and Probus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then it fell to the Emperor Aurelian, who carried off Zenobia in chains to grace his triumph at Rome (272). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The last vestiges of Roman republicanism had vanished in the days of Aurelian and Diocletian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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