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2. Noun. A former title of the rulers of Persia; Shah ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) wisdom, knowledge, learning ¹

4. Noun. (alternative spelling of Sophy dot=) (qualifier in the senses of “a Persian monarch” and “a personage”). ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete) A wise man; a sage or wite. ¹

6. Noun. (obsolete spelling of sophi) ¹

7. Noun. Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in (term -sophy). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sophy

1. a ruler of Persia [n -PHIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sophy

Literary usage of Sophy

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

1. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"sophy [with a nod]. Give me half a minute with her; then I'm at liberty. ... sophy. Why, you were certain that the word or two I'd overheard meant nothing ..."

2. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"sophy [with a nod]. Give me half a minute with her ; then I'm at liberty. ... sophy. Why, you were certain that the word or two I'd overheard meant nothing ..."

3. The principal navigations voyages traffiques and discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1903)
"Of the name of the sophy of Persia, & why he is called the Shaugh, and of other customes. THe king of Persia (whom here we call ..."

4. The Cabinet of Irish Literature: Selections from the Works of the Chief Poet by Charles Anderson Read, Thomas Power O'Connor (1893)
"sophy, thou comest to wonder at Thy wretched father; why dost thou interrupt Thv happiness, ... sophy, be not a man too soon, And when thou art, ..."

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