| greek | Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Greek calends. See Calends. Greek Church, the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church. Greek cross. Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Greek rose, the flower campion. Origin: AS. Grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. Grec. Cf. Grecian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| greek world | A historical and cultural entity dispersed across a wide geographical area under the influence of greek civilization, culture, and science. The greek empire extended from the greek mainland and the aegean islands from the 16th century b.c., to the indus valley in the 4th century under alexander the great, and to southern italy and sicily. Greek medicine began with homeric and aesculapian medicine and continued unbroken to hippocrates (480-355 b.c.). The classic period of greek medicine was 460-136 b.c. And the graeco-roman period, 156 b.c.-576 a.d. (12 Dec 1998) |
| greekess | A female Greek. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |