lachrymatories
- plural of lachrymatory.
Example Sentences
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At one point, Christle discovers that the Victorians did not actually collect their tears in glass vials, called lachrymatories; nonetheless, the image gives her a metaphor for her process.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2020
Some of these are thought to be Phœnician tombs, as lamps and lachrymatories have been found in them.
From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray
The peasants, in digging, have likewise found many urns, lachrymatories, and sepulchral stones, with epitaphs, which are now dispersed among different convents and private houses.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
Farce bottleth up her crocodile tears, or labelleth her empty lachrymatories.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary
Among a great number of lachrymatories and various other vessels in the British Museum, there is a small square bottle with a handle, the rudeness of which sufficiently bears out this opinion.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
