Meaning & use
canopic
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Relating to the ceremonial jars used in ancient Egyptian burial practices to store a mummified person's internal organs.
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The museum displayed a set of canopic jars, each topped with the head of a different protective god.
Archaeologists carefully catalogued the canopic containers found in the tomb.
A note on using this word
Almost exclusively used in the phrase "canopic jar" in the context of ancient Egyptian archaeology.
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