HIERA PICRA

Meaning of HIERA PICRA in English

ˌhīərəˈpikrə noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin, literally, powerful or sacred antidote

: a cathartic powder made of aloes and canella bark

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

HIERA — plural of hieron
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICRA — (n.) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
Английский словарь Webster
PICRA — ( n. ) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PICRA — noun the powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
Webster English vocab
HIERATITE — ˈhīərəˌtīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian, from Hiera (Vulcano), one of the Lipari islands, Italy + Italian -ite : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIERON — /huy"euh ron', huy"ron/ , n. , pl. hiera /-euhr euh/ . (in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIERATIC — — hieratically , adv. /huy'euh rat"ik, huy rat"-/ , adj. 1. Also, hieratical . of or pertaining to priests or …
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OF THEIR OWN ACCORD — hiera willum
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