Meanings
plural canopic jars
- archaeologyAn Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed.
Had Radulph Tubbs such luck with tombs it is probable that he […] would have uncovered only the four canopic jars containing, respectively, the large intestines, small intestines, heart, and liver.
1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 120Synonyms: Canopus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- LatinCanōpicus
- Englishcanopic jar
From Latin Canōpicus, from Canopus + -icus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hungarian kanópuszedény
- kanópuszedényan Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed
Polish kanopa
- kanopaan Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed
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