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Serapis definition

Se·ra·pis (sə rā′pis)

noun

Egypt. Myth. a god of the lower world, whose cult spread to Greece and Rome

Etymology: L < Gr osorāpis < Egypt wsyr-ḥp, Osiris-Apis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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