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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or originating from the ancient city of
Canopus in northern Egypt.
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Examples
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Her folks were in canopic jars in Kissimmee, deadheading for a few centuries.
Boing Boing: December 16, 2001 - December 22, 2001 Archives 2001
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Such containers, called canopic jars, were used in the mummification process to preserve the body's organs.
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Visceral organs were removed and placed in ceremonial containers called canopic jars for use in the afterlife (the brain was discarded).
News-Letter 2009
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Some of the sculptured heads, however, which have come down to us, and notably the four "canopic" heads found in this tomb, are of wonderful beauty, and have no trace of traditional mannerisms, though they are highly idealised.
The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
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"canopic" jars, the alabaster vases, the gold vulture, the gold necklace, the sheets of gold in which the body was wrapped, the toilet utensils, and parts of the shrine, all of which we found in the burial-chamber.
The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
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The pictures he shows me resemble the canopic jars from ancient Egypt that held the sacred organs of the deceased.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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I stop to look at canopic jars carved from stone, where ritual priests placed the organs before they embalmed the body.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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The pictures he shows me resemble the canopic jars from ancient Egypt that held the sacred organs of the deceased.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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It could have made her vulnerable and ascetic, but she kept smoothing her incredibly long hands over her incredibly tiny abdomen (I swear she's got a canopic jar in her dressing room), and it was just distracting.
Measure For Measure deliasherman 2010
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It could have made her vulnerable and ascetic, but she kept smoothing her incredibly long hands over her incredibly tiny abdomen (I swear she's got a canopic jar in her dressing room), and it was just distracting.
Measure For Measure deliasherman 2010
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