Definition of "papyri" [papyri]

• Plural of papyrus, particularly in the sense of ancient documents written on papyrus. (noun)

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• "In this case, there are the words of a modern historian, who has studied Egypt all his life, not in Berlin or London, like some other historians, but in Egypt, deciphering the inscriptions of the oldest sarcophagi and papyri, that is to say, the words of Henry"
• "They showed us the process of deciphering the papyri, which is very ingenious."
• "The harmless word "papyri" had wrought that remarkable change; could it be, I wondered, that a cache of these objects had been found?"