Definition of Aurelian

1. a. Of or pertaining to the aurelia.

2. n. An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

Definition of Aurelian

1. Proper noun. (given name male from=Latin), of mostly historical use in English. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aurelian

1. one who studies moths and butterflies [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aurelian

aurantiaceous
aurantiasis cutis
aurar
auras
aurate
aurated
aurates
auratic
aureate
aureately
aureation
aurei
aureities
aureity
aurelia
aurelian (current term)
aurelians
aurelias
aureola
aureolae
aureolas
aureole
aureoled
aureoles
aureolic acid
aureoling
aureolæ
aureomycin
aures
aureus

Literary usage of Aurelian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"Another and a last labour still awaited the indefatigable aurelian; to suppress a ... Such troops were a feeble defence against the approach of aurelian; ..."

2. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"The death of aurelian, however, is remarkable by its extraordinary consequences. The legions admired, lamented, and revenged their victorious chief. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Saintly Women by Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar (1904)
"So they went together to Troyes, where the Emperor aurelian then was. ... Claudius presented himself to aurelian, saying, " Order me also to be beheaded ..."

4. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"THE TRIUMPH OP aurelian. [From the Same.] aurelian has arrived—the long expected day has come—and is gone. His triumph has been celebrated, ..."

5. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1892)
"397- aurelian and the patriotic Roman party. during a recent visit to Antioch. ... There was a party, headed by the high- souled and cultivated aurelian, ..."

6. History of Letter-writing, from the Earliest Period to the Fifth Century. by William Roberts (1843)
"aurelian, if you wish to reign, abstain from the blood of the innocent. ... The form of the venerable philosopher was recognised by aurelian from its ..."

7. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"Two instances will illustrate the strictness of aurelian. 1. A soldier had seduced the wife of his host. The culprit was fastened to the extremities of two ..."

8. The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the # by Samuel Sharpe (1885)
"(24) But the sceptre of Eome had lately been grasped by the firmer hand of aurelian, and the reign of Zenobia drew , Numi of his colleague in the empire, ..."

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