Apollonius of perga
noun
?261–?190 bc, Greek mathematician, remembered for his treatise on conic sections
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the ancient Greek and Roman god of light, healing, music, poetry, prophecy, and manly beauty; the son of Leto and brother of Artemis. a very handsome young man. Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to the moon and back. Historical Examples We are not Jupiters; we are not apollos; […]
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the destroyer; the angel of the bottomless pit; Abaddon. Rev. 9:11. Historical Examples This made Christian pause in the fight for a time, but Apollyon still came on, and Christian once more took heart. The Pilgrim’s Progress in Words of One Syllable Mary Godolphin Evidently this was a case of possession by Apollyon himself. The […]
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a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc. Ecclesiastical. Also, apologete [uh-pol-uh-jeet] /əˈpɒl əˌdʒit/ (Show IPA). a person skilled in . one of the authors of the early Christian in defense of the faith. Contemporary Examples Hardly an apologist for Vienna, Byron still found these tracts too extreme […]