Definition of Necropolises

1. Noun. (plural of necropolis#English necropolis) ¹

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Definition of Necropolises

1. necropolis [n] - See also: necropolis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Necropolises

necrophiliac
necrophiliacs
necrophilias
necrophilic
necrophilism
necrophilisms
necrophilous
necrophily
necrophobia
necrophores
necropoleis
necropoles
necropoli
necropolis
necropolises (current term)
necropolitical
necropolitics
necropost
necroposted
necroposting
necroposts
necropsied
necropsies
necropsy
necropsying
necrosadist
necrosadistic
necrosadists

Literary usage of Necropolises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays in Modern Theology and Related Subjects by Crawford Howell Toy, Charles Augustus Briggs (1911)
"A more simple method of in- * On the mooted question of the date of these necropolises, whose great antiquity is denied by Jastrow, ..."

2. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"Their growth into catacombs or subterranean necropolises for larger ... Specially numerous and extensive necropolises bave been found laid out in the ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The most remarkable necropolises are that of Thebes in Egypt, situated at a ... Large necropolises have abo been found in Lycia, Sicily, and elsewhere. ..."

4. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"The most remarkable necropolises are that of Thebes in Egypt, situated at a ... Large necropolises have also been found in Lycia, Sicily, and elsewhere. ..."

5. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"The most remarkable necropolises are that of Thebes in Egypt, situated at a ... Large necropolises have also been found in Lycia, Sicily, and elsewhere. ..."

6. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"The most remarkable necropolises are that of Thebes in Egypt, ... Large necropolises have also been found in Lycia, Sicily, and elsewhere. ..."

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