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Webster 1913 Edition


Bucranium


Bu-cra′ni-um

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Noun.
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pl. L.
Bucrania
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[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] ox head.]
A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc.

Definition 2024


bucranium

bucranium

English

Noun

bucranium (plural bucraniums or bucrania)

  1. 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.