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Examples
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'Chairete,' he called in his deep voice, the beautiful Greek greeting, 'chairete, kyrioi ... be happy.'
My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956
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"[Greek: chairete]" that you remember in the museum at Athens.
Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Katie Spalding 1911
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Homer's peaceful heralds, [Greek: chairete kêrukes, Dios angeloi êde kai andrôn].
Bacon John Morley 1852
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The salutation wherewith he accosted them; All hail -- chairete.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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His real name was PShines but because he greeted everyone he met not with the Greek salutation chairete but with the Indian word cale, the Greeks called him Calanus.
American Chronicle 2008
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