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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 Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Especially a blue which is far more floral than atmospheric, a cineraria blue, which it is surprising to see in the sky.

From Swann's Way by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Scott-Moncrieff

The small flowers particularly essential in separating the larger ones are white and yellow jasmine, nemophila cineraria, verbenas, myrtle, honeysuckle, etc., etc.

From The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling by Emma Peachey

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 John D. (John Daniel) Barry

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 Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani




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