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Serapeum
[ ser-uh-pee-uhm ]
noun
, plural Ser·a·pe·ums, Ser·a·pe·a [ser-, uh, -, pee, -, uh].
- 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.
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Steinschneider's catalogue in the Serapeum mentions a very large number of songs.
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The ruined edifice of the Serapeum, the masterpiece of Bryaxis laid in fragments in the dust, and thousands of wailing heathen!
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The Imperial troops were in fact masters of the secret passage; and they had begun the attack on the Serapeum in earnest.
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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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