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Definition of Lapidaries
1. lapidary [n] - See also: lapidary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lapidaries
Literary usage of Lapidaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"lapidaries: The systematic study of precious and semi-precious stones — their
origin, ... 108 lapidaries were composed mostly in Latin,104 but vernacular ..."
2. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"The lapidaries who cut and polish the stones are chiefly Moors, but their tools
are so primitive, and their skill so deficient, that a gem generally loses ..."
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