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Meaning of PIERIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pi*e"ri*an\, a. [L. Pierius, from Mount Pierus, in
Thessaly, sacred to the Muses.]
Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses.
      Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. --Pope.
 
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