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persis


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Persis  \Per"sis\,  n.  [Etymol.  uncertain.] 
  A  kind  of  coloring  matter  obtained  from  lichens. 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Persis 
  a  female  Christian  at  Rome  whom  Paul  salutes  (Rom.  16:12).  She 
  is  spoken  of  as  "beloved,"  and  as  having  "laboured  much  in  the 
  Lord." 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Persis,  same  as  Persia 
 




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