\Sy"e*nite\, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene,
Gr. ?.] (Min.)
(a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and
    feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt,
    and now called {granite}.
(b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of
    orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or
    accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes
    contains nephelite (el[ae]olite) or leucite, and is then
    called {nephelite (el[ae]olite) syenite} or {leucite
    syenite}.