Sapor Definition

sāpər, -pôr
noun
That quality in a substance which produces taste or flavor; savor.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sapor

Noun

Singular:
sapor
Plural:
sapors

Origin of Sapor

  • Middle English from Latin from sapere to taste sep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from Latin sapor (“taste, flavor").

    From Wiktionary

Sapor Sentence Examples

  • The importance of the former lies in the simple cast of his religious thought, his independence of theological formulas, his constant adherence to the letter of Scripture, his quaint exegesis, and the light he throws on the circumstances of his time, especially (i) the feeling between Jews and Christian, and (2) the position and sympathies of the Christian subjects of Sapor II.

  • It was taken by Tigranes and destroyed by the Persian king Shapur (Sapor) I.

  • This gigantic work, the line of which may still be traced throughout its course, was formerly called the Khandak Sabur or " Sapor's trench," being ascribed to the Sassanian king, Shapur I.

  • It was heroically defended against Shapur (Sapor) II., who unsuccessfully besieged it thrice.

  • He had already become master of the horse when in 383 he was sent by Theodosius (379-395) at the head of an embassy to the Persian king, Sapor III.

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Words Starting With

SSASAP

Words Ending With

RORPOR

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