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cumdachs

cumdachs is the plural of cumdach.

Meaning of cumdach

Noun

cumdach (plural cumdachs)

  1. An elaborate ornamented metal reliquary box or case used to hold Early Medieval Irish manuscripts or relics.
    • The following is a list of the Irish cumdachs of which anything is known, from which it is evident that the custom of making these cumdachs prevailed in Ireland from the ninth to the sixteenth century.1878, Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language, volume II, Dublin: […] the University Press, […], page 159

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What is cumdachs the plural of?
Cumdachs is the plural of cumdach.

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