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Webster 1913 Edition


Cippus

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Cip′pus

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Noun.
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pl.
Cippi
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[L., stake, post.]
A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
Gwilt.