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Feb 13, 2012
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Se•leu•cid



Pronunciation: (si-lOO'sid), [key]
—n., pl. -ci•daePronunciation: (-si-dē"), [key]
—adj.

—n.
a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312–64 b.c.,that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia.

—adj.
of or pertaining to the Seleucids or their dynasty.

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