arca
Americannoun
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arcae
plural
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Etymology
Origin of arca
< Latin: chest, box. See ark
Example Sentences
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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
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
In the meantime you must make yourself contented by the consciousness of success, like the Roman miser— "'Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplor in arca.'"
From A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Through the central arch the arca and a little cross are seen.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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