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cippuses

cippuses is the plural of cippus.

Meaning of cippus

Noun

cippus (plural cippuses or cippi)

  1. 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.
    • […]lodged on the top of an ancient sepulchral cippus1855, Henry Duncan, Autumn
  2. (historical) The stocks.

Questions about cippuses

What is cippuses the plural of?
Cippuses is the plural of cippus.

Words near cippuses in the dictionary

  1. Cipollones
  2. cippi
  3. cippolini
  4. cippolinis
  5. cippus
  6. cippuses
  7. ciprafamide
  8. cipralisant
  9. ciprazafone
  10. ciprefadol
  11. Ciprian

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