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por·phyre
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Porphyre, Porphyrynoun
Marble of a particular kind.
Etymology: from ποϱφύϱα; porphyrites, Lat. porphyre, Fr.
I like best the porphyry, white or green marble, with a mullar or upper stone of the same. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.
Consider the red and white colours in porphyre; hinder light but from striking on it, its colours vanish, and produce no such ideas in us; but upon the return of light, it produces these appearances again. John Locke.
Webster Dictionary
Porphyrenoun
porphyry
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of porphyre in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of porphyre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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