noun
a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body
• Syn: ↑canopic jar
• Hypernyms: ↑jar
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nounsee canopic jar
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Canopic vase,
1. a ceremonial vase used in Egypt, chiefly for holding the entrails of embalmed bodies.
2. a vase used to hold the ashes of the dead.
╂[< Latin Canōpicus < Greek Kanopikós having to do with Kánōpos Canopus, a town of ancient Egypt]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.