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Webster 1913 Edition
Bucranium
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Bu-cra′ni-um
,Noun.
pl. L.
Bucrania
. [L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] ox head.]
A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc.
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bucranium
bucranium
English
Noun
bucranium (plural bucraniums or bucrania)
- The head of an ox.
- 1986, Nanno Marinatos, Minoan Sacrificial Ritual
- On the second side of the gem, we see the victim, a running goat, and on the third side the symbol of sacrifice, the bucranium.
- 2000, Béatrix Midant-Reynes, The Prehistory of Egypt
- It was also in relation to the funerary world that bucrania were placed at the bottoms of the pits.
- 1986, Nanno Marinatos, Minoan Sacrificial Ritual