Kyrenian

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1. Of, from or relating to Kyrenia.

   The Kyrenian party tried to get a majority by filling the third see, Paphos, with one of their friends.

   1907, Adrian Fortescue, “The Church of Cyprus”, in The Orthodox Eastern Church, London: Catholic Truth Society […], →OCLC, part IV (The Orthodox Church at the Present Day), chapter X (The Constitution of the Orthodox Church), page 292

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   The firing in Nicosia began shortly before 6 A.M. when Greek Cypriote antiaircraft guns opened up on flights of Turkish transports sweeping in over the Kyrenian mountain range.

   1974 July 21, Terence Smith, “The Nicosia Battle Scene: Shells, Bombs, Paratroops”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2022

   In political talks in Geneva, the Turkish government delayed attempts to scale down its Cyprus force and took advantage of the situation by broadening its Kyrenian beachhead in open defiance of a ceasefire agreement.

   1974 August 12, “CYPRUS: Trying to Make Peace”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2024

   Because of their stunning locations and the absolute solitude, a visit to the elusive mountain monasteries of the Kyrenian range can be a magical experience, the expectation heightened by the effort it takes to reach them.

   2001 October 12, Ben West, “Seven days of solitude”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014

   One day he was flying over the Kyrenian range with UN forces and carrying their markings when he received a radio message saying that a Greek boy had been badly injured during the factional strife in the area.

   2010 September 17, “Lieutenant-Colonel Allan Corner”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2010

plural Kyrenians

1. A native or inhabitant of Kyrenia.

   My Lord of Kyrenia is a very pious Churchman and godly bishop. His enemies say that he is a poor, weak creature, quite unfit to guide the Cypriote Church. All the Philhellenes are for him of Kition; the English Government would prefer the Kyrenian.

   1907, Adrian Fortescue, “The Church of Cyprus”, in The Orthodox Eastern Church, London: Catholic Truth Society […], →OCLC, part IV (The Orthodox Church at the Present Day), chapter X (The Constitution of the Orthodox Church), page 292

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   "When you grow up by the sea and spend the first 23 years of your life there, it is hard to forget the memories. I will always be a Kyrenian but feel Turkey has taken away a large part of me," she [Titina Loizidou] said, relaxing in her south Nicosia home, only a 20-minute drive from her old home in Kyrenia.

   2003 December 19, Justin Keay, “Friendly visits to 'the other side' multiply with lifting of travel ban”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2025

   “I bet you wouldn’t be supporting the plan if you were from Kyrenia,” screeches one woman caller hysterically. […] And what about the percentage who would also be going back but under Turkish Cypriot rule? Just because not all Kyrenians would go back, should nobody go back?

   2017, Marina Christofides, “YES and NO”, in The Traitors’ Club: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 143

comparative more Kyrenian · superlative most Kyrenian

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Cyrenian.

   On a Kyrenian cup from Naukratis in the British Museum (as yet unpublished) we have the early scheme of the Greek type; […]

   1890, Cecil [Harcourt-]Smith, “A Protokorinthian Lekythos in the British Museum”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume XI, London: […] Council [of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies], and sold […] by Macmillan and Co., […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 177

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   Of course the Archon’s Kyrenian guests have written too, praising their host’s progress in philosophy, and his devotion to Plato’s doctrines—which means without doubt that he's been expounding half-baked versions which Plato would die to hear.

   1966, Mary Renault [pseudonym; Eileen Mary Challans], chapter XV, in The Mask of Apollo, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 243

   Within a few days I initiated the sale of some property to pay back my Kyrenian friend, but before I could complete the documents my relatives and friends had collected silver and credits to equal Annikeris’ expense.

   2003, John H. Kunkel, “Hekademos”, in The Winged Soul: Plato’s Autobiography, Philadelphia, Pa.: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 259

plural Kyrenians

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Cyrenian.

   And as they came out, they met a Kyrenian, named Simon, whom they impressed, to carry his [Jesus’s] cross.

   1884, J[ohn] W[esley] Hanson, transl., “Part VIII. The Fourth Passover; Our Lord’s Passion. […]”, in The New Covenant: […], volume I (The Four Gospels), Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.: The Universalist Publishing House, →OCLC, Matthew xxvii:31–32, page 327

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   Kyrenians, mostly, from the school of Aristippos. Like him, they equate the good with pleasure, but define their terms less carefully.

   1966, Mary Renault [pseudonym; Eileen Mary Challans], chapter XIV, in The Mask of Apollo, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 233

   Seshat has heard tell of a republican party, that gained the upper hand, for the Kyrenians who were not such great lovers of Magas and monarchy invited two philosophers, Ekdelos and Demophanes, men of Megalopolis, a city in south-west Arcadia, to take charge of the state.

   2006, Duncan Sprott, “Feasting”, in Daughter of the Crocodile (Ptolemies Quartet; 2), London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, part 2 (Husband-Slayer Berenike Beta), page 238