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Nov 29, 2009
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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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