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cimelia

[ si-mee-lee-uh, -meel-yuh ]

plural noun

singular cimelium
  1. treasures, especially church treasures, as art objects or jeweled vestments.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cimelia1

1655–65; < Medieval Latin < Greek 𾱳Dz heirloom, treasure, akin to îٳ󲹾 to lie, be stored away; cemetery
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Blessings upon a fashion which has rescued from the claws of abigails, and the melting-pot of the silversmith, those neglected cimelia, for the benefit of antiquaries and the decoration of side-tables!

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Liber eximi� raritatis et inter cimelia bibliothec� asservandus.

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The property of which jewels and cimelia remained with us," continued the king, in the same solemn tone, "subject only to your claim of advance thereupon; which advance being repaid, gives us right to repossession of the thing opignorated, or pledged, or laid in wad.

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The glass is yet preserved among the Cimelia of the family.

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I have here set down the figure of a consecrated Beryl, as No. 4, now in the possession of Sir Edward Harley, Knight of the Bath, which he keeps in his closet at Brampton-Bryan in Herefordshire, amongst his Cimelia, which I saw there.

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