Serapeum
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of Serapeum
1835–45; < Late Latin Serāpēum < Greek Serāpeîon
Example Sentences
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Toward Serapeum, some distance south, the Seventy-fourth Regiment was stationed.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
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
Eminent Romans frequenting Timon's house did her homage, Greeks did her homage, philosophers from the Serapeum did her homage, and so did the people.
From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Several hundred Turks had been discovered by half a battalion of Ninety-second Punjabis sent out from Serapeum.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan
According to Tacitus, sick persons were accustomed to pass a night in the Serapeum in order to regain their health.
From Cities of the Dawn by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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