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[ˈpɔːf(ɪ)ri], (Noun)
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- a hard igneous rock containing crystals of feldspar in a fine-grained groundmass
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late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek porphuritēs, from porphura ‘purple’
[ˈpɔːf(ɪ)ri], (Noun)
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- (c.232–303), Neoplatonist philosopher; born Malchus. He was a pupil of Plotinus, whose works he edited after the latter's death
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