Definition of sarcophagus in English:

sarcophagus

nounPlural sarcophagi sɑːˈkɒfəɡəssɑrˈkɑfəɡəs

A stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
Example sentencesExamples
- The team first removed the stone lid from his sarcophagus.
- At the British Museum, children rushed to gather around the grave sites, mummies and sarcophagi, literally screaming with excitement, and determinedly fell to sketching these fascinating artefacts.
- He was buried in a sarcophagus in front of the Cairo Museum.
- it was decided that a stone sarcophagus - not previously used for kings - should be installed.
- Some of the mummies were wrapped in linen and encased in sealed coffins and stone sarcophagi.
- During her studies she worked with the British Museum examining the paints used on the sarcophagus of an Egyptian mummy to find out how the ancients had created a new colour.
- In the burial chamber, a nest of four golden shrines, each sitting within the other, are removed, to reveal a stone sarcophagus.
- At a casual glance it might seem just another book about sarcophagi, another archaeological survey of tombs, funerary ritual, and the care of corpses.
- The crypt of the Romanesque-Gothic transitional Basilique Saint-Paul, which contains several Roman sarcophagi, is considered to have been the mausoleum of a wealthy family.
- A great lord was buried in a sarcophagus: the body was in a coffin, which in turn was in a larger stone casing that was usually decorated.
- There are building stones for temples and pyramids; ornamental stones for vessels, stelae, sarcophagi, statues and other sculptures; and precious stones for jewelry.
- The centre of the room is now occupied by the quartzite sarcophagus containing the outermost coffin.
- One day, you're bouncing on top of a camel and climbing inside the Great Pyramid to eye the stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Cheops.
- Charlemagne too fitted out his new capital with monuments constructed with spolia from Rome and Ravenna; his own tomb was an ancient sarcophagus.
- The sarcophagus is also oriented to the compass directions, and is only 1 cm smaller in dimensions than the chamber entrance.
- Used for storage and for seating, cassoni were patterned after ancient Roman sarcophagi, which were much appreciated in the Renaissance when there was a renewed interest in classical antiquity.
- Massive stone tombs and carved sarcophagi were visible through the foggy moonlight.
- Then, during excavations on the rue Descartes in 1909, three sarcophagi from the ancient Merovingian cemetery were found, two of adult size and one of child size.
- He accused the team of being unethical in implementing their forensic examination, as well as disregarding the use of scientific procedures while removing the fragile mummy from its golden sarcophagus.
- The stone sarcophagus is carefully lifted from its resting place in Mill Mount, York.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos 'flesh-consuming', from sarx, sark- 'flesh' + -phagos '-eating'.

Rhymes

anthropophagous, oesophagus (US esophagus)

Definition of sarcophagus in US English:

sarcophagus

nounsärˈkäfəɡəssɑrˈkɑfəɡəs

A stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
Example sentencesExamples
- The team first removed the stone lid from his sarcophagus.
- Then, during excavations on the rue Descartes in 1909, three sarcophagi from the ancient Merovingian cemetery were found, two of adult size and one of child size.
- The crypt of the Romanesque-Gothic transitional Basilique Saint-Paul, which contains several Roman sarcophagi, is considered to have been the mausoleum of a wealthy family.
- Massive stone tombs and carved sarcophagi were visible through the foggy moonlight.
- The centre of the room is now occupied by the quartzite sarcophagus containing the outermost coffin.
- At a casual glance it might seem just another book about sarcophagi, another archaeological survey of tombs, funerary ritual, and the care of corpses.
- There are building stones for temples and pyramids; ornamental stones for vessels, stelae, sarcophagi, statues and other sculptures; and precious stones for jewelry.
- A great lord was buried in a sarcophagus: the body was in a coffin, which in turn was in a larger stone casing that was usually decorated.
- At the British Museum, children rushed to gather around the grave sites, mummies and sarcophagi, literally screaming with excitement, and determinedly fell to sketching these fascinating artefacts.
- The sarcophagus is also oriented to the compass directions, and is only 1 cm smaller in dimensions than the chamber entrance.
- Used for storage and for seating, cassoni were patterned after ancient Roman sarcophagi, which were much appreciated in the Renaissance when there was a renewed interest in classical antiquity.
- Some of the mummies were wrapped in linen and encased in sealed coffins and stone sarcophagi.
- it was decided that a stone sarcophagus - not previously used for kings - should be installed.
- One day, you're bouncing on top of a camel and climbing inside the Great Pyramid to eye the stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Cheops.
- The stone sarcophagus is carefully lifted from its resting place in Mill Mount, York.
- In the burial chamber, a nest of four golden shrines, each sitting within the other, are removed, to reveal a stone sarcophagus.
- He accused the team of being unethical in implementing their forensic examination, as well as disregarding the use of scientific procedures while removing the fragile mummy from its golden sarcophagus.
- Charlemagne too fitted out his new capital with monuments constructed with spolia from Rome and Ravenna; his own tomb was an ancient sarcophagus.
- He was buried in a sarcophagus in front of the Cairo Museum.
- During her studies she worked with the British Museum examining the paints used on the sarcophagus of an Egyptian mummy to find out how the ancients had created a new colour.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos ‘flesh-consuming’, from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’ + -phagos ‘-eating’.

单词	sarcophagus
释义	Definition of sarcophagus in English: sarcophagus nounPlural sarcophagi sɑːˈkɒfəɡəssɑrˈkɑfəɡəs A stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. Example sentencesExamples The team first removed the stone lid from his sarcophagus. At the British Museum, children rushed to gather around the grave sites, mummies and sarcophagi, literally screaming with excitement, and determinedly fell to sketching these fascinating artefacts. He was buried in a sarcophagus in front of the Cairo Museum. it was decided that a stone sarcophagus - not previously used for kings - should be installed. Some of the mummies were wrapped in linen and encased in sealed coffins and stone sarcophagi. During her studies she worked with the British Museum examining the paints used on the sarcophagus of an Egyptian mummy to find out how the ancients had created a new colour. In the burial chamber, a nest of four golden shrines, each sitting within the other, are removed, to reveal a stone sarcophagus. At a casual glance it might seem just another book about sarcophagi, another archaeological survey of tombs, funerary ritual, and the care of corpses. The crypt of the Romanesque-Gothic transitional Basilique Saint-Paul, which contains several Roman sarcophagi, is considered to have been the mausoleum of a wealthy family. A great lord was buried in a sarcophagus: the body was in a coffin, which in turn was in a larger stone casing that was usually decorated. There are building stones for temples and pyramids; ornamental stones for vessels, stelae, sarcophagi, statues and other sculptures; and precious stones for jewelry. The centre of the room is now occupied by the quartzite sarcophagus containing the outermost coffin. One day, you're bouncing on top of a camel and climbing inside the Great Pyramid to eye the stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Cheops. Charlemagne too fitted out his new capital with monuments constructed with spolia from Rome and Ravenna; his own tomb was an ancient sarcophagus. The sarcophagus is also oriented to the compass directions, and is only 1 cm smaller in dimensions than the chamber entrance. Used for storage and for seating, cassoni were patterned after ancient Roman sarcophagi, which were much appreciated in the Renaissance when there was a renewed interest in classical antiquity. Massive stone tombs and carved sarcophagi were visible through the foggy moonlight. Then, during excavations on the rue Descartes in 1909, three sarcophagi from the ancient Merovingian cemetery were found, two of adult size and one of child size. He accused the team of being unethical in implementing their forensic examination, as well as disregarding the use of scientific procedures while removing the fragile mummy from its golden sarcophagus. The stone sarcophagus is carefully lifted from its resting place in Mill Mount, York. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos 'flesh-consuming', from sarx, sark- 'flesh' + -phagos '-eating'. Rhymes anthropophagous, oesophagus (US esophagus) Definition of sarcophagus in US English: sarcophagus nounsärˈkäfəɡəssɑrˈkɑfəɡəs A stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. Example sentencesExamples The team first removed the stone lid from his sarcophagus. Then, during excavations on the rue Descartes in 1909, three sarcophagi from the ancient Merovingian cemetery were found, two of adult size and one of child size. The crypt of the Romanesque-Gothic transitional Basilique Saint-Paul, which contains several Roman sarcophagi, is considered to have been the mausoleum of a wealthy family. Massive stone tombs and carved sarcophagi were visible through the foggy moonlight. The centre of the room is now occupied by the quartzite sarcophagus containing the outermost coffin. At a casual glance it might seem just another book about sarcophagi, another archaeological survey of tombs, funerary ritual, and the care of corpses. There are building stones for temples and pyramids; ornamental stones for vessels, stelae, sarcophagi, statues and other sculptures; and precious stones for jewelry. A great lord was buried in a sarcophagus: the body was in a coffin, which in turn was in a larger stone casing that was usually decorated. At the British Museum, children rushed to gather around the grave sites, mummies and sarcophagi, literally screaming with excitement, and determinedly fell to sketching these fascinating artefacts. The sarcophagus is also oriented to the compass directions, and is only 1 cm smaller in dimensions than the chamber entrance. Used for storage and for seating, cassoni were patterned after ancient Roman sarcophagi, which were much appreciated in the Renaissance when there was a renewed interest in classical antiquity. Some of the mummies were wrapped in linen and encased in sealed coffins and stone sarcophagi. it was decided that a stone sarcophagus - not previously used for kings - should be installed. One day, you're bouncing on top of a camel and climbing inside the Great Pyramid to eye the stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Cheops. The stone sarcophagus is carefully lifted from its resting place in Mill Mount, York. In the burial chamber, a nest of four golden shrines, each sitting within the other, are removed, to reveal a stone sarcophagus. He accused the team of being unethical in implementing their forensic examination, as well as disregarding the use of scientific procedures while removing the fragile mummy from its golden sarcophagus. Charlemagne too fitted out his new capital with monuments constructed with spolia from Rome and Ravenna; his own tomb was an ancient sarcophagus. He was buried in a sarcophagus in front of the Cairo Museum. During her studies she worked with the British Museum examining the paints used on the sarcophagus of an Egyptian mummy to find out how the ancients had created a new colour. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos ‘flesh-consuming’, from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’ + -phagos ‘-eating’.
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