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CEIMELIA

Volume 5 · 58 words · 1815 Edition

from εἰμεῖν, "to be laid up," in antiquity, denotes choice or precious pieces of furniture or ornaments, reserved or laid up for extraordinary nary occasions and uses; in which sense, sacred garments, vessels, and the like, are reputed of the cemelia of a church. Medals, antique stones, figures, manuscripts, records, &c. are the cemelia of men of letters.