Word Meanings - CANONSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of pertaining to Canopus in egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.

Related words: (words related to CANONSHIP)

• EMBALMER
  One who embalms.
• CANOPUS
  A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.
• EGYPTOLOGY
  The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics. Eh, interj. Etym:
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• EMBALMMENT
  The act of embalming. Malone.
• EGYPTOLOGICAL
  Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology.
• EGYPTIZE
  To give an Egyptian character or appearance to. Fairbairn.
• EMBALM
  Etym: 1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate , with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction. Joseph commanded his servants, the
• EGYPTIAN
  Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. Egyptian bean. The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant , somewhat resembling the water lily. See under Bean, -- Egyptian cross. See Illust. of Cross. -- Egyptian thorn , a medium-sized tree . It is one of
• EGYPTOLOGER; EGYPTOLOGIST
  One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach