2. Noun. (plural of phœnix) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phoenixes
1. phoenix [n] - See also: phoenix
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoenixes
Literary usage of Phoenixes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Secrets of Enoch by William Richard Morfill, Robert Henry Charles (1896)
"ADDITIONAL NOTE ON THE phoenixes. WHEN I wrote the note on the phoenixes in XII.
II was not aware that mention of a class of these birds was to be found ..."
2. China: Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"Dishes with, outside, lotus flowers and dragons and phoenixes flying through
flowers, the fir, bamboo, and plum, historical scenes with inscriptions in ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"phoenixes differ from all other pinnate-leaved palms in having the Ivs. ...
The raising of phoenixes from seed is done on a large seule on the Riviera. ..."
4. The Poems of John Donne by John Donne, James Russell Lowell, Grolier Club (1895)
"... two phoenixes; Thou mak'st a taper see What the sun never saw; ... one bed
contains, through thee, Two phoenixes, whose joined breasts Are unto one ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"phoenixes differ from all other pinnate-lvd. palms in having the Ivs. folded upward
... P. canariensis is the noblest of all phoenixes, and one of the most ..."
6. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"The surfaces are skillfully chased with phoenixes, crests, and what-not. On one
of the fusuma is a virile and resplendent peacock standing on the mottled, ..."
Other Resources:
Arabic