lacrimatory

comparative more lacrimatory · superlative most lacrimatory

1. alternativeAlternative form of lachrymatory.

plural lacrimatories

1. alternativeAlternative form of lachrymatory.

   Cry-Baby and Alison luxuriate in their pain and tears, and the Roman touch with the lacrimatories is supposed to add to the sense of decadent emotion.

   1999, Tom Lutz, “Fictional Tears”, in Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 278

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   One of the surprises I encountered on a tour I made to the Bible lands were lacrimatories—small vessels used by the ancients for collecting mourners’ tears. […] I especially remember the lacrimatories found in King Tut’s tomb.

   1993, Donald Ernest Mansell, Vesta West Mansell, “Tears Recorded”, in Sure as the Dawn: Daily Meditations for Adults, Hagerstown, Md.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, →ISBN, page 153

   Let the lacrimatories be carved from jade and alabaster to be filled with the tears of those who bury the dead. Red Thunder Cloud is dead, and his cold lips grip the last human link to the spoken Catawba language.

   2001, Anthony Russell White, “For the Last One”, in CB Follett, Susan Terris, editors, Runes: A Review of Poetry, Sausalito, Calif.: Arctos Press, →ISBN, page 120