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Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch. -- n.

A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.

Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.

An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n.

herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.

are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.

The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [Written also peschito.]

Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac. -- n.

A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism. Paley.

A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. M. Stuart. The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms. Bp. Warburton.