Monasteries abounded in this neighbourhood from a very early date; Shenout (Sinuthius), the fiery apostle and prophet of the Coptic national church, was a monk of Atrepe (now Suhag), and led the populace to the destruction of the pagan edifices.
William Gilpin calls the cypress an architectural tree: No Italian scene, says he, is perfect without its tall spiral form, appearing as if it were but a part of the picturesquely disposed edifices which rise from the middle ground against the distant landscape.
edifices הגייה עם משמעויות, מילים נרדפות, הפכים, תרגומים, משפטים ועוד