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Plural of scion

regular plural

The plural of scion is scions.

Forms of scion

Singularscion /ˈsaɪən/
Pluralscions
Countablecountable

Scions in a sentence

  • It was said to him that those people were the scions of Zion.1966, Sholem Aleichem, An Early Passover, paperback edition, Clifton Pub. Co., page 24
  • The demands of computative justice are thus unconsciously fulfilled by the last scions of a tainted stock.1948, W. A. Armstrong, “The Influence of Seneca and Machiavelli on the Elizabethan Tyrant”, in The Review of English Studies, page 24. From the entry computative
  • Scions of old chanters like National Living Treasure for Epic Literature, Federico “Tuohan” Caballero, mentions a sanglay as gong bearer.2013, Alice P. Magos, “Chants, Gongs and Ancestral Memories of the Panay Bukidnon, Philippine Islands”, in Musika Jornal, volume 9. From the entry sanglay
  • Watersprout scions are wedged into the cambium layer both above and below the damage in early spring when the bark is slipping.2005 November 30, Michael Phillips, The Apple Grower: Guide for the Organic Orchardist, 2nd Edition, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page…. From the entry watersprout
  • And in the meanwhile, Society shivered a little feverishly, filled now with the scions of those who had come over with the Jewish and American Conquests.1922, Michael Arlen, “1/5/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days. From the entry sinister

Meaning of scion

  1. noun A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
  2. noun The heir to a throne.
  3. noun A guardian.

Full definition of scion

Questions about the plural of scion

What is the plural of scion?
The plural of scion is scions.
Is scion countable?
Scion is a countable noun.

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