Canopic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Canopic
Example Sentences
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A technical feat of bronze casting, the sludge-laden automobile is a "Canopic Chest."
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2015
Like "Canopic Chest," there's formal vigor but not much more.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2015
Within the casket were what Howard Carter expected to find�four Canopic jars, rotund and high-shouldered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearby, they also discovered what was once the mouth of the now submerged Canopic branch of the Nile, where ancient writings had indeed placed Herakleion, a prosperous, commercial gateway to Egypt.
From Time Magazine Archive
It stands to reason, then, that somewhere along that street should be a spot corresponding to the ancient city’s main crossing, the confluence of the Street of the Soma and the east—west-running Canopic Way.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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