cinerary









cinerary


cinerary [sin-uh-rer-ee] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn. Liberaldictionary.com

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  • Origin of cinerary 1740–50; New Latin cinerārius; see cineraria Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for cinerary Historical Examples of cinerary

  • “Bring me a cinerary urn,” said he, and he walked forward to the dying embers.

    The Martyr of the Catacombs

    Anonymous

  • It is solid; the cinerary urn was probably placed underneath.

    Pompeii, Its Life and Art

    August Mau

  • The date of this tomb cannot precede the Antonine era, as there are no cinerary urns in it.

    Old Rome

    Robert Burn

  • In the introduction of the funeral pile and the cinerary urn, we have one important evidence of the adoption of novel rites.

    The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland

    Daniel Wilson

  • One of these was discovered, alongside of a cinerary urn, in a tumulus at Memsie, Aberdeenshire.

    The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland

    Daniel Wilson

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