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Ar·sa·cid     (är'sə-sĭd, är-sā'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of or relating to the Parthian dynasty that ruled Persia and parts of Asia Minor from c. 250 B.C. until its overthrow in A.D. 224.

n.   A member or subject of this dynasty.


[After Arsaces (fl. 250 B.C.), founder of the dynasty.]

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