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Definition of Hecatombs
1. hecatomb [n] - See also: hecatomb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hecatombs
Literary usage of Hecatombs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"... purified and whitened the victims offered in hecatombs to the deities and to
the manes of the Romans. ..."
2. Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann: His Britannic by Horace Walpole (1844)
"... where Borgia and his holy father* sent cardinals to the other world by hecatombs
... hecatombs ..."
3. A Pilgrimage in Europe and America: With a Description of the Whole Course by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"... purified and whitened the victims offered in hecatombs to the deities and to
the manes of the Romans. ..."
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