cinerary
[ sin-uh-rer-ee ]
adjective
holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
Origin of cinerary
11740–50; <New Latin cinerārius;see cineraria
Words Nearby cinerary
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How to use cinerary in a sentence
Figs. 185 and 186 represent the one-handled cinerary urns peculiar to the Bronze Age in Italy.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonAccording to early Spanish accounts cinerary urns were found imbedded in the capitals.
From the quarry near Volterra the Etruscans obtained the alabaster for their cinerary urns.
Roman Mosaics | Hugh MacmillanWe give above a specimen of the highest class of cinerary urns.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 | Mary Frances CusackIt may have originally stood on the cinerary base in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori.
Rambles in Rome | S. Russell Forbes
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