arca
Example Sentences
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The arca, or family sepulture, can no longer be traced in the church.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
Perhaps the lettered blocks drawn for the inquirer from the arca were arranged here on this slab.
From A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Magoffin, Ralph Van Deman
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 Haslehust, E. W.
"And so it is your opinion," said he to the mendicant, "that this windfall—this arca auri, as Plautus has it, will not greatly avail Sir Arthur in his necessities?"
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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 Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
