Saïs, a city of ancient Egypt, on the delta, on the right bank of the W. branch of the Nile; gave name to two Egyptian dynasties founded by natives of it, was a religious centre, and eventually for a time capital, the temple of which was said to contain a veiled statue which became a subject of legend.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Saintsbury, George * Saivas