arca
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of arca
< Latin: chest, box. See ark
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One morning, on a week day, I went into San Simeone, to which Queen Elizabeth of Hungary gave the superb arca of silver gilt which contains, it is said, the remains of the saint.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)
In 1632 a new chancel was added to the church now S. Simeone; the arca was repaired and placed in its present position.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
The arca, or family sepulture, can no longer be traced in the church.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
A half-finished building not far off is all that was completed of a magnificent church designed to house the arca of S. Simeon.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
Perhaps the lettered blocks drawn for the inquirer from the arca were arranged here on this slab.
From A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Magoffin, Ralph Van Deman
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