Definition of Metaphrases

1. Noun. (plural of metaphrase) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of metaphrase) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metaphrases

1. metaphrase [n] - See also: metaphrase

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphrases

metaphorical extension
metaphorical theism
metaphorically
metaphoricity
metaphorise
metaphorist
metaphorists
metaphorize
metaphors
metaphosphate
metaphosphates
metaphosphoric
metaphosphoric acid
metaphrase
metaphrased
metaphrases (current term)
metaphrasing
metaphrasis
metaphrast
metaphrastic
metaphrastical
metaphrasts
metaphyseal
metaphyseal dysplasia
metaphysial
metaphysial dysostosis
metaphysial dysplasia
metaphysial fibrous cortical defect
metaphysic
metaphysical

Literary usage of Metaphrases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Times of S. Gregory the Illuminator, the Founder and Patron by of Tokhat Matthew, Solomon Caesar Malan (1868)
"... Ar)voi, as S. metaphrases, S. dreg, xviii., renders it, was the name of that locality, celebrated ever ..."

2. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"... the legions of Cato and Trajan, of Augustus and Theodosius. Even the use. or 8 The life and writings of Simeon metaphrases are described by ..."

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