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| lach·ry·ma·to·ry [ lákrəmə tàwree ] |
noun (plural lach·ry·ma·to·ries) |
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bottle for tears: a small bottle of a kind found in ancient tombs, thought in the past to have contained the tears of mourners
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physiology Same as lacrimatory
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| [Mid 17th century. < Latin lacrima "tear," after chrismatory "vessel for the chrism"] |
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