Definitions for Saite

Saite Sa·ite

Spelling: [sey-ahyt]
IPA: /ˈseɪ aɪt/

Saite is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in Saite (aeist).

Definitions for Saite

noun

  1. a native or citizen of Saïs.

adjective

  1. Also, Saitic [sey-it-ik] /seɪˈɪt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Saïs or its inhabitants.
  2. of or relating to the period 663–525 b.c., when the Pharaohs ruled at Saïs.

Origin of Saite

1670-80; Latin Saītēs Greek Saī́tēs. See Saïs, -ite1

Examples for Saite

In Egypt the power of the Saite kings rested upon the support of their Greek mercenaries.

"They are withdrawing into the gorge through which the road leads up here," answered the Saite.

At last, ten days after, Orion the Saite found him in a remote cave.

From the style of these remains Mariette is disposed to think that they were not earlier than the Saite epoch.

The Saite tradition attributed it to a movement of wounded vanity.

Such is the legendary account of the Saite renaissance; its true history is not yet clearly and precisely known.

Then at a later period they were used for interments of Saite date, and, lastly, they served as dwelling-places for the Copts.

It first appeared on ushabtis at the end of the Saite period.

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