amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

Shall the patriots and soldiers of '76, the "Immortal Band," as history styles them, meet again in the amaranthine bowers of spotless purity, of perfect bliss, of eternal glory?

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

See how the angelic guards point with amaranthine wands afar, where glows, beyond the vale of tears, the Mountain of Immortal Life.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

No longer can we live without the amaranthine cup.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

Brothers and sisters, a happy band, Await thee in the spirit land; Bright amaranthine crowns they wear; They long to greet their Ella there.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley