medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 07:39:23 -0500, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Please forgive my ignorance, but what is porphyrogenita?
>ross
According to the Collins English Dictionary, a princess born after her
father has acceded to the throne (17th Century derived via mediaeval Latin
from late Greek porphyrogenetos, born in the purple, from the Greek
porphuros, purple).
I also had to look it up.
Gordon
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