arca
Example Sentences
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Through the central arch the arca and a little cross are seen.
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
The arca, or family sepulture, can no longer be traced in the church.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
But it gives the strong box itself, the fund, the bank, from whence only revenues can arise amongst a people sensible of freedom: Posita luditur arca.
From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke
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
