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hic jacets

hic jacets is the plural of hic jacet.

Meaning of hic jacet

Noun

hic jacet (plural hic jacets)

  1. (archaic) An epitaph (gravestone inscription).
    • What, in the precincts of the chapel-yard, / Among the knightly brasses of the graves, / And by the cold Hic Jacets of the dead!1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, page 133

Questions about hic jacets

What is hic jacets the plural of?
Hic jacets is the plural of hic jacet.

Words near hic jacets in the dictionary

  1. Hibunawan
  2. Hibunawon
  3. hic
  4. hic et nunc
  5. hic jacet
  6. hic jacets
  7. hic Rhodus, hic salta
  8. hican
  9. hicans
  10. hicatee
  11. hicatees

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