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 Heligh-monat (Holy-month).He lios. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Heliop’olis,
 
the City of the Sun, a Greek form of (1) Baalbek, in Syria; and (2) of On, in ancient Egypt, noted for its temple of Actis, called Beth Shemesh or Temple of the Sun, in Jer. xliii. 13.   1
 


 Heligh-monat (Holy-month).He lios. 

 
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