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sarcophagal, a. rare.|sɑːˈkɒfəgəl|
[f. L. sarcophag-us + -al1.]
1. Flesh-devouring, flesh-consuming.
1614T. Adams Phys. Heaven in Diuells Banket vi. 307 This naturall Balme..can (at vtmost)..giue a short and insensible preseruation to it [sc. the body], in the sarcophagall graue. 1905Daily News 23 June 6 [A vegetarian] denounces my meat-eating habits as ‘cannibal’ and ‘sarcophagal’.
2. Represented on sarcophagi.
1874W. H. Withrow Catacombs of Rome (1877) 292 The sarcophagal and other representations of this event. |