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Definition of Sarcophagus
1. Noun. A stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions).
Definition of Sarcophagus
1. n. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
Definition of Sarcophagus
1. [n -GI or -GUSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcophagus
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