lapis

American  

[lap-is, ley-pis] / ˈlæp ɪs, ˈleɪ pɪs /

noun

plural

lapides

1. (italics) stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)

2. lapis lazuli.

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Example Sentences

“Recyclability isn’t static, it depends on a complicated system of sorting, transportation, processing, and, ultimately, manufacturers buying the recycled material to make a new product,” said Nick Lapis, director of advocacy for Californians Against Waste.

From Los Angeles Times

Hard to say, but a gold and gilt copper “Throne of Eucharistic Exposition,” shown with a gold and lapis lazuli crucifix mounted on a ball of lapis, and a spiky gold monstrance buried in gems, all made in Naples in the mid-18th century, are contenders because of their fusion of extravagance and elegance.

From The Wall Street Journal

The boy king's gold-covered sarcophagus and his burial mask, inlaid with lapis lazuli, will take centre stage at Saturday's opening.

From Barron's

An image of the gold band adorned with spherical lapis lazuli beads had been circulated to all Egyptian airports, seaports and land border crossings as a precaution to prevent it being smuggled out of the country, it said.

From BBC

The rare gold band, adorned with spherical lapis lazuli beads, dates back to the reign of King Amenemope, a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's 21st Dynasty who ruled from 993 to 984BC.

From BBC