Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances; same as
lachrymatory .
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- adjective producing
tears ;lachrymatory .
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- adjective relating to or prompting tears
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Examples
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The urn held small pieces of calcined bone, and, among them, a small lacrimatory of very thin green glass.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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The urn, of elegant shape, contained human bones nearly reduced to ashes, and among them a small lacrimatory of very thin green glass. {110a}
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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In a precious reliquary is preserved a lacrimatory in which, according to a pious legend, Nicodemus collected some drops of the Blood of Christ.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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