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Word Meanings - CANONSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of pertaining to Canopus in egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.

Related words: (words related to CANONSHIP)

  • EMBALMER
    One who embalms.
  • CANOPUS
    A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.
  • EGYPTOLOGY
    The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics. Eh, interj. Etym:
  • PERTAIN
    stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
  • EMBALMMENT
    The act of embalming. Malone.
  • EGYPTOLOGICAL
    Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology.
  • EGYPTIZE
    To give an Egyptian character or appearance to. Fairbairn.
  • EMBALM
    Etym: 1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate , with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction. Joseph commanded his servants, the
  • EGYPTIAN
    Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. Egyptian bean. The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant , somewhat resembling the water lily. See under Bean, -- Egyptian cross. See Illust. of Cross. -- Egyptian thorn , a medium-sized tree . It is one of
  • EGYPTOLOGER; EGYPTOLOGIST
    One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.
  • APPERTAIN
    To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach

 

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