About The Word Lachrymatory
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Lachrymatory
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What's The Definition Of Lachrymatory?
[adj] relating to or prompting tears
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lachrymatory: lacrimatory Related Terms | Find terms related to Lachrymatory: See Also | Lachrymatory In Webster's Dictionary \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -{ries}. [Cf. F.
lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.)
A ``tear-bottle;'' a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers
of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that
the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in
it. Called also {lachrymal} or {lacrymal}.
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