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Definition of Caducei
1. caduceus [n] - See also: caduceus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caducei
Literary usage of Caducei
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of American Red Cross Nursing by Lavinia L. Dock (1922)
"She should be permitted the use of the letters US and thi caducei with the letter
D added. ... Corps wear caducei with the letters SC added. ..."
2. Pausanias's Description of Greece by Pausanias (1898)
"Three ancient heralds' staves (caducei) are known to be in existence. ... 167 ;
and for a Carthaginian monument with two caducei on it, see ib. ..."
3. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (1881)
"In further ornamentation, caducei leaned against the lofty prow. Two immense
ropes passing across the bow marked the number of anchors stowed on the ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"The scarf before alluded to, is covered with curious embroidery of anchors,
caducei, the letters 5, and the Douglas badges (the crowned heart). ..."
5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... of the arches are charged with caducei and other figures. Below the gallery,
betwixt the two principal arches, we fee, in a bold relief, ..."
6. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1811)
"... and caducei, are so singularly contrasted with the ruffs and whiskers, the
queens, archbishops, and cardinals of France and Navarre. ..."
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