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lach⋅ry⋅ma⋅to⋅ry

  [lak-ruh-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or causing the shedding of tears.
–noun
2. Also called lachrymal. a small, narrow-necked vase found in ancient Roman tombs, formerly thought to have been used to catch and keep the tears of bereaved friends.
Also, lacrimatory.

Origin:
1650–60; (n.) < ML lachrymātōrium, equiv. to lachrymā(re) to shed tears + -tōrium -tory 2 ; (adj.) < ML lachrymātōrius, equiv. to lachrymā(re) + -tōrius -tory 1 ; see lachrymal
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Lachrymatory

Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. [Cf. F. lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
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lachrymatory lach·ry·ma·to·ry (lāk'rə-mə-tôr'ē)
adj.
Variant of lacrimatory.

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