scrinium
Americannoun
plural
scriniaEtymology
Origin of scrinium
< Latin scrīnium; see shrine
Example Sentences
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Below is a cylindrical box, called scrinium and capsa, or capsula, in which the manuscripts were placed vertically, the titles at the top.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
M. 74 In the original, scrinium, box for holding MSS.
From The Letters of Pliny the Younger by Melmoth, William
A reliquary preserved at Clogher in 1300 was known as the membra, which, according to one explanation, was the equivalent of memoriale scrinium, memorial shrine.
From St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh by Lawlor, Hugh Jackson
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