cinerary
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of cinerary
1740–50; < New Latin cinerārius; see cineraria
Example Sentences
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They’re cinerary jars, crafted by British ceramist Julian Stair to hold human remains.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2017
One is an early Roman vessel used as a cinerary urn; another, a group of 20th-century Venetian glass designs by the Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, was on view last winter.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2014
Mr. Budgen has also sent me photographs of some early cinerary urns and a 'Gaulish' fibula, found together in Eastbourne in 1914.
From Roman Britain in 1914 by F. (Francis) Haverfield
Their use as cinerary urns was perhaps more restricted, at all events as regards the painted vases, though the custom is well known and is referred to in literature from Homer downwards.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Count Victor, who had been warming his chilled fingers at the fire, moved to the curtain and drew it back, the better again to see that doleful cinerary urn.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
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