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Alexandrian Definition

Al·ex·an·drian (-ən)

adjective

  1. of Alexander the Great or his rule
  2. of Alexandria, Egypt, or the Hellenistic or late Hellenic culture that flourished there

Alexandrian Quotes

In the later nineteenth century, the tops of skyscrapers often took the shape of domes, surmounted by jaunty gilded lanterns; later came ziggurats, mausoleums, Alexandrian lighthouses, miniature Parthenons. These charming follies contained neither royal corpses nor effigies of gods and goddesses; rather they contained large wooden tanks filled with water.

—Gill, Brendan