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alabastrum

[al-uh-bas-truhm, -bah-struhm]

noun

plural

alabastra, alabastrums 
  1. alabastron.



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It is white and shining, not transparent; is called stimmi, or stibi, or alabastrum, and larbasis.

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The figures were said to represent St. Matthew with his club, St. Philip with the spear, St. Stephen with stones in his chasuble, St. Jude with the boat, St. Matthias with the battle-axe, sword, and dagger, St. Mary Magdalene with the alabastrum, St. Barbara with the tower, St. Gudala with the lantern, and the four doctors of the Western Church.

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