arca

American  

[ahr-kuh] / ˈɑr kə /

noun

• arcae
  plural

1. a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• arcae
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of arca

< Latin: chest, box. See ark

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Example Sentences

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arca

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 F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

The arca, or family sepulture, can no longer be traced in the church.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi

We know very well what was said formerly:— "Populus me sibilat; at mihi plaudo Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arca."

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

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 Ralph Van Deman Magoffin

But it gives the strong box itself, the fund, the bank, from whence only revenues can arise amongst a people sensible of freedom: Posita luditur arca.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke

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