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pastophorus

/pastəˈfɔːɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pastopho-rus
IPA
/pastəˈfɔːɹəs/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of lesser priest in ancient Egypt, originally serving as a doorkeeper to a temple.

Etymology

From Latin pastophorus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παστοφόρος (pastophóros), from παστός (pastós, “ceremonial curtain”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearer”), a loose calque of Demotic Egyptian jrj-ꜥꜣ, from Egyptian jrj-ꜥꜣ (“doorkeeper”), from jrj (“keeper”) + ꜥꜣ (“door”). An old interpretation of the Greek term as ‘shrine-bearer’ is now rejected.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /pastəˈfɔːɹəs/

Inflected Forms

pastophori (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce pastophorus?
The recorded pronunciation is /pastəˈfɔːɹəs/.
What does pastophorus mean?
A type of lesser priest in ancient Egypt, originally serving as a doorkeeper to a temple.
Where does pastophorus come from?
It is traced to Egyptian.

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