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Porphyry
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Meaning
Noun
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In Geology & Rocks:
a
hard
igneous rock
consisting of
large
crystals
in a
fine-grained
matrix
A purple-red
rock
of this kind.
Name
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A Tyrian Neoplatonic philosopher.
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