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Lachrymatory

Lachrymatory Meaning & Definition
Lachrymatory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lachrymatory?

[adj] relating to or prompting tears

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lachrymatory: lacrimatory

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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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