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Definition of Phenix
1. n. A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.
Definition of Phenix
1. Noun. (archaic spelling of phoenix) ¹
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Definition of Phenix
1. phoenix [n -ES] - See also: phoenix
Medical Definition of Phenix
1.
Origin: L. Phoenix, Gr. Foi^nix
Alternative forms: phoenix.
1. A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenix
Literary usage of Phenix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Insurance: As Applied to Fire, Life, Accident, Guarantee and by John Wilder May (1900)
"phenix Ins. Co., 18 Ins. LJ 598 (Ind.), June, 1889 ; Continental Ins. Co. v. ...
phenix Ins. Co., 34 Kans. 170 (deliberate fraud of agent). ..."
2. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"HAPPY ARRIVAL OF MAISTER NELSON AND THE phenix From 'A True Relation,' etc.
THE twenty of Aprill (1608), being at worke, in hewing downe Trees, ..."
3. The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion by William Maxwell (1850)
"THE phenix. An old play-wright, I see, Sir Richard Fanshaw, calls the fable of
the phenix an " odoriferous lie." A strange expression this, ..."
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