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sassanid

Sas.sa.nid \s*-'sa:n-*d, -'san-; 'sas-*n-\ n [NL Sassanidae Sassanids, fr. 
   Sassan, founder of the dynasty] : a member of a dynasty of Persian kings of 
   the 3d to 7th centuries  - Sassanid aj