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lacunar

[ luh-kyoo-ner ]

noun

, plural la·cu·nars, lac·u·nar·i·a [lak-y, uh, -, nair, -ee-, uh].
  1. Architecture.
    1. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.


adjective

lacunar

/ ləˈkjuːnə /

noun

  1. Also calledlequear a ceiling, soffit, or vault having coffers
  2. another name for coffer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or containing a lacuna or lacunas
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lacunar1

First recorded in 1690–1700; lacun(a) + -ar 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lacunar1

C17: from Latin lacūnar panelled ceiling, from lacūna cavity; see lacuna
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Example Sentences

This should be termed lacunar tonsillitis, as suggested by Wagner.

Non ebur neque aureum / Mea renidet in domo 20 lacunar—In my dwelling no ivory gleams, nor fretted roof covered with gold.

There are engravings of them in a work called Lacunar Strevelinense.

In many instances the parenchymatous inflammation is a direct extension of the lacunar inflammation.

The deposit in follicular or lacunar tonsillitis or angina is pulpy and not membraniform.

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