Serapeum
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Serapeum
1835–45; < Late Latin Serāpēum < Greek Serāpeîon
Example Sentences
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Thrasyllus consoled himself by visiting the libraries of the Museum and the Serapeum.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
And the idea of turning his Serapeum into a kiln does not appeal to him.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
The dreams, however, needed at times an interpreter to explain them, and of such an interpreter mention is made in a Greek inscription from the Serapeum at Memphis.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
We pass the signal station of Toussûm, set in a pleasing frame of trees, and two and a half miles further on is Serapeum.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward
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