Amram’s Son.

Moses. (Exodus vi. 20.)

“As when the potent rod


Of Amram’s son, in Egypt’s evil day,

Waved round the coast.”


Milton: Paradise Lost, i. 338–40.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Amphictyonic Council
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Amphigouri
Amphion
Amphitrite (either 3 or 4 syl.)
Amphitryon
Amphrysian Prophetess (Amphrysia Vatēs)
Ampoulle (Sainte)
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Amri
Amrita
Amsanctus
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Amyclæan Silence
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