arca
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One morning, on a week day, I went into San Simeone, to which Queen Elizabeth of Hungary gave the superb arca of silver gilt which contains, it is said, the remains of the saint.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Robert (Robert Smythe) Hichens
In 1632 a new chancel was added to the church now S. Simeone; the arca was repaired and placed in its present position.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
A half-finished building not far off is all that was completed of a magnificent church designed to house the arca of S. Simeon.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
In the seventh year of Henry II a charge appears in the Pipe Roll for conveying the "arca", in which the book was kept, from Winchester to London.
From Winchester by E. W. Haslehust
We know very well what was said formerly:— "Populus me sibilat; at mihi plaudo Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arca."
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
