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Definition of Necropolises
1. necropolis [n] - See also: necropolis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necropolises
Literary usage of Necropolises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays in Modern Theology and Related Subjects by Crawford Howell Toy, Charles Augustus Briggs (1911)
"A more simple method of in- * On the mooted question of the date of these
necropolises, whose great antiquity is denied by Jastrow, ..."
2. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"Their growth into catacombs or subterranean necropolises for larger ...
Specially numerous and extensive necropolises bave been found laid out in the ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The most remarkable necropolises are that of Thebes in Egypt, situated at a ...
Large necropolises have abo been found in Lycia, Sicily, and elsewhere. ..."
4. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"The most remarkable necropolises are that of Thebes in Egypt, situated at a ...
Large necropolises have also been found in Lycia, Sicily, and elsewhere. ..."
5. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"The most remarkable necropolises are that of Thebes in Egypt, situated at a ...
Large necropolises have also been found in Lycia, Sicily, and elsewhere. ..."
6. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"The most remarkable necropolises are that of Thebes in Egypt, ... Large necropolises
have also been found in Lycia, Sicily, and elsewhere. ..."