Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the Parthian dynasty that ruled Persia and parts of Asia Minor from c. 250 BC until its overthrow in AD 224.
  • noun A member or subject of this dynasty.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the Arsacidæ, rulers of Parthia from about 250 b.c., and afterward of the Parthian empire (see Parthian), till a.d. 226.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Arsaces, (fl. 250 BC), founder of the dynasty.]

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Examples

  • That it could be done was thanks to trouble at the court of King Phraates, where princes of a minor Arsacid house were intriguing against him.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • That it could be done was thanks to trouble at the court of King Phraates, where princes of a minor Arsacid house were intriguing against him.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • It seems King Phraates has married the nubile daughter of some minor Arsacid house and intends to breed a new lot of heirs.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • It seems King Phraates has married the nubile daughter of some minor Arsacid house and intends to breed a new lot of heirs.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • Mani (216–277), the founder of Manichaeism, was born in Babylonia of an Arsacid priestly family.

    F. The Neo-Persian Empire of the Sassanians, 223-651 C.E 2001

  • After two and a half centuries the Parthians under the Arsacid dynasty advanced to the borders of Syria, and Mithradates Eupator, an alleged descendant of Darius, penetrated to the heart of Greece at the head of his Persian nobility from

    The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont

  • It was esteemed sacrilege to strike even a private member of the Arsacid family in a brawl.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • Again, the Parthian monarchs of the Arsacid house styled themselves brothers of the sun and moon and were worshipped as deities.

    Chapter 7. Incarnate Human Gods 1922

  • It was esteemed sacrilege to strike even a private member of the Arsacid family in a brawl.

    Chapter 7. Incarnate Human Gods 1922

  • Again, the Parthian monarchs of the Arsacid house styled themselves brothers of the sun and moon and were worshipped as deities.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

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