English Explanatory Dictionary

spondist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Ancient Egyptian priest responsible for pouring libations of water.

Word forms

spondist spondists

Etymology

Calque of Egyptian sqbb (“libator”), participle of sqbb (“to cool, to libate with water”), by way of Ancient Greek σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”) suffixed with -ist.

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