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Cyprian

Cyprian

2 7.6
A person who comes from or lives in Cyprus
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪpriən/
translation icon : chipriota
  • The museum showcased art and artifacts from Cyprian culture and history.
  • Cyprian, the bishop
  • Cyprian of Carthage
  • Cyprian's almsgiving

Examples

  • Stefano Cavallotto points out that obedience to the Scriptures was an important part of Cyprian's teaching.

    Academic text (2004)
  • I am willing here to take Cyprian at face value.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The need to "define authority and community" was not a need that Cyprian faced immediately.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Furthermore, Cyprian characterized the rich as those who, among other things, drive away the poor.

    Academic text (2004)
  • While almsgiving was not the issue at stake here, Cyprian argued that a lack of charity...

    Academic text (2004)
  • From now on, when he referred to good works, Cyprian linked them with this idea of atonement.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Is it the gods' will that Cyprian be well disposed towards me in the future?

    Fiction book (1993)
  • We must remember, though, that this applies to a particular period of Cyprian's time as bishop.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Only then is it appropriate to speak of Cyprian's transformation of the practice of patronage.

    Academic text (2004)
  • How effective was Cyprian's appeal to the wealthy lapsi to be generous almsgivers?

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

Cypriot
vsCyprian
2 5.9

A person from Cyprus

is the alternative written form with identical meaning
Cypriote
vsCyprian
  • UK
7.5

A person from Cyprus

is the same meaning but an older or less common spelling

Surface Forms

Cyprian singular
Cyprians plural

Morphology

Cyprian = Cyprus (transparent) = Cyprus + ian

The demonym is directly formed from the country name using the productive suffix '-ian', so the relation to Cyprus is clear.

Etymology

The word Cyprian comes from the island name Cyprus, and it originally meant 'of Cyprus'. So a Cyprian is a person from Cyprus.