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Canopic, a.|kəˈnəʊpɪk|
[ad. L. Canōpic-us, f. Canōp-us a town of ancient Egypt.]
Of or pertaining to Canopus. Canopic jar, Canopic vase: a vase used in Egypt, chiefly for holding the entrails of embalmed bodies.
1878Wilkinson Anc. Egyptians III. Index, Canopic vases. 1883W. Armstrong Perrot's Art Anc. Egypt I. 301 The canopic vases..were sometimes of stone, especially alabaster, sometimes of terra cotta, and now and then of wood, and were used to hold the viscera of the deceased. 1893Budge Mummy 171 At each of the four corners or sides of the bier, is placed one of the so-called Canopic jars. 1957Encycl. Brit. XV. 954/2 The internal organs were..placed in four vases known as the ‘Canopic Jars’. |