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1. Osiris
   Osiris was the Egyptian god of goodness. He ruled the underworld after being killed by his brother Seth.
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2. Osiris
   an ancient Egyptian god, Osiris held an important role in ancient Egypt; his death at the hand of his brother Seth represented the yearly Egyptian drought, while his miraculous rebirth represented the flooding of the Nile Valley and its nourishment by the silt left on the land after the flood; Osiri...
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3. Osiris
   Supreme god and judge of the dead. The symbol of resurrection and eternal life. Provider of fertility and prosperity to the living. A bearded man wearing white mummy wrappings. Wearing the atef crown and holding the symbols of supreme power, the flail and crook. His skin is green to represent vegetation or red to represent the earth.
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4. Osiris
   [n] - god of the underworld and judge of the dead
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5. Osiris
   Ancient Egyptian god, the embodiment of goodness, who ruled the underworld after being killed by Set. The pharaohs were believed to be his incarnation. The sister-wife of Osiris was
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6. Osiris
   O·si'ris noun [ Latin , from Greek ...; of Egyptian origin.] (Myth.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, ca...
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7. osiris
   One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis. Osir'ian. ... Origin: L, fr. Gr.; of Egyptian origin. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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8. Osiris
   noun Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and sister of Isis; father of Horus
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9. Osiris
   • (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis.
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10. Osiris
    (from the article `Sarton, George Alfred Leon`) ...quarterly review Isis, which he had founded in 1912, the first periodical to coordinate the results of historical research in all the sciences. He ...
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11. Osiris
    one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. The origin of Osiris is obscure; he was a local god of Busiris, in Lower Egypt, and may have been a ... [19 related articles]
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12. Osiris
    HMS Osiris was a British Olympus Class submarine of 1475 tons displacement launched in 1928. She was armed with one 4-inch gun; two machine-guns; six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and two 21-inch torpedo tubes in the stern. She had a top speed of 17.5 knots on the surface, 9 knots submerged and carried a complement of 50.
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13. Osiris
    Osiris (ōsī'ris) , in Egyptian religion, legendary ruler of predynastic Egypt and god of the underworld. He was the son of the sky goddess Nut and the earth god Geb. The great benefactor of mankind, Osiris brought to the people knowledge of agriculture and civilization. In a famous m...
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14. Osiris
    Ancient Egyptian god, the embodiment of goodness, who ruled the underworld after being killed by Set. The pharaohs were believed to be his incarnation. The sister-wife of Osiris was Isis or Hathor; she miraculously conceived their son Horus after the death of Osiris, and he eventually captured his father's murderer
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15. Osiris
    Who represented the male productive force in nature, became identified with the setting sun. Thus he was regarded as the ruler of the realm of the dead in the mysterious region below the western horizon. Osiris was the brother and husband of Isis, goddess of the earth and moon, who represented the female productive force in nature.
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16. OSIRIS
    `OSIRIS` is the name of three entirely separate astronomical instruments. The duplication of names is coincidental, partly driven by two scientific teams trying to make acronyms using similar words. OH-Suppressing Infrared Integral Field Spectrograph: `OSIRIS` (`OH-Suppressing Infrared Integral Fiel...
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17. Osiris
    (lunar crater) `Osiris` is a tiny lunar crater in the southeastern part of the Mare Serenitatis. It is located to the northeast of the small crater Dawes, and to the west of the Montes Taurus range. To the east-northeast of this position is the landing site of the Apollo 17 mission, in the Ta...
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18. Osiris
    (Marvel Comics) `Osiris` is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe, based loosely on the Osiris of Egyptian mythology. Fictional character biography: Osiris is a member of the Heliopolitan race of gods, and resides in Celestial Heliopolis. He is the husband of Isis, bro...
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19. Osiris
    (DC Comics) `Osiris` is the name of three fictional characters published by DC Comics. The first appeared in 1994 as a foil for the Justice League. The second appeared under the Vertigo Comics imprint in a spin-off of The Sandman in 2002. The third debuted in the pages of Teen Titan...
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20. Osiris
    (journal) `Osiris` is a scholarly annual journal published by the University of Chicago Press which examines emerging research in the history of science, bringing together experts to consider multiple aspects of the time period, episode, or theme. It was founded in 1936 by George Sarton. References:
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