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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_86775" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20113" /> == | |||
<p> a warlike [[Egyptian]] goddess, who is generally represented as wearing a white mitre similar to that of Osiris, ornamented with two feathers, and brandishing a kind of battle-axe in her left hand, while she holds a spear with her- right. She is very rarely represented on the Egyptian sculptures, and is not found before the time of Amenhotep I, of the 18th dynasty. She was properly a [[Syrian]] or Asiatic goddess. </p> | <p> a warlike [[Egyptian]] goddess, who is generally represented as wearing a white mitre similar to that of Osiris, ornamented with two feathers, and brandishing a kind of battle-axe in her left hand, while she holds a spear with her- right. She is very rarely represented on the Egyptian sculptures, and is not found before the time of Amenhotep I, of the 18th dynasty. She was properly a [[Syrian]] or Asiatic goddess. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_86775"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/anta Anta from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_20113"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/anta Anta from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_20113"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/anta Anta from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:51, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a warlike Egyptian goddess, who is generally represented as wearing a white mitre similar to that of Osiris, ornamented with two feathers, and brandishing a kind of battle-axe in her left hand, while she holds a spear with her- right. She is very rarely represented on the Egyptian sculptures, and is not found before the time of Amenhotep I, of the 18th dynasty. She was properly a Syrian or Asiatic goddess.
