English Explanatory Dictionary

xeraphim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An old monetary unit of Portuguese India from the 16th to 19th centuries, equal to 300 reis.

Word forms

xeraphim xeraphims serafin seraphin xerafine xerafim xeraphin xerapheen xerafin

Etymology

From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic اَشْرَاف (ašrāf), plural form of شَرِيف (šarīf, “highborn”).

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