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Serapeum

[ ser-uh-pee-uhm ]

noun

, plural Ser·a·pe·ums, Ser·a·pe·a [ser-, uh, -, pee, -, uh].
  1. a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Serapeum1

1835–45; < Late Latin Serāpēum < Greek Serāpeîon

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Example Sentences

He supposed, however, that the Serapeum did not reveal all its wisdom at once, perhaps; and he did not lose hope altogether.

Steinschneider's catalogue in the Serapeum mentions a very large number of songs.

The ruined edifice of the Serapeum, the masterpiece of Bryaxis laid in fragments in the dust, and thousands of wailing heathen!

The Imperial troops were in fact masters of the secret passage; and they had begun the attack on the Serapeum in earnest.

The Bishop and the monks in the Serapeum, meant the overthrow of the statue of the sovereign god—death and destruction.

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