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Definition of Amphoral

1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

Definition of Amphoral

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or in the shape of an amphora ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amphoral

1. amphora [adj] - See also: amphora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphoral

Literary usage of Amphoral

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

1. The Radical by Sidney H.. Morse, Joseph B.. Marvin (1871)
"... the servant mixes wine in the amphoral, baggage wagons are loaded, the father steps from his chamber to meet" — " Let us go on farther ! ..."

2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1892)
"It consists principally of pottery, Bow example has been presented to the museum by and shows fragments of many vessels of Roman time, such as amphoral and ..."

3. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"Hence, in decoration, amphoral means, shaped like an amphora or vase Amulet, in decoration, a figure or character to which miraculous powers were supposed ..."

4. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"The (vines in that country are made in amphoral- shaped vases holding a little more than a hogshead, glazed both in and outside, ..."

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