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cinerarium

[sin-uh-rair-ee-uhm] / ˌsɪn əˈrɛər i əm /


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Those of the first had no value; the second contained a gold ring without its267 stone,—which was found, however, in the third cinerarium; a most extraordinary circumstance.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

But it was the lush red cineraria and the harsh Red Flag that really bloomed in Rome.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having thus finished with the cineraria and their contents, the exploration of the tomb itself was resumed.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

This theory is confirmed by discoveries in the prehistoric cemeteries of the Viminal and Esquiline hills, which contain coffins as well as cineraria, or ash-urns.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

In Brazil he secured some wonderful specimens of the cineraria.

From The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth by Barry, John D. (John Daniel)

The ground was enamelled with lilies, the helianthus and cineraria flourished, and the deep-green leaves and blue blossom of the lupin contrasted with the prickly stem and scarlet flower of the euphorbia.

From The Englishwoman in America by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)




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