Sapor Definition

sāpər, -pôr
noun
That quality in a substance which produces taste or flavor; savor.
Webster's New World
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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 at Samosata that Julian had ships made in his expedition against Sapor, and it was a natural crossing-place in the struggle between Heraclius and Chosroes in the 7th century.

  • With Ursicinus he went twice to the East, and barely escaped with his life from Amida or Amid (modern Diarbekr), when it was taken by the Persian king Shapur II (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.

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RORPOR

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