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Meaning of sigillaria | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌsɪd͡ʒɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/

Definitions

  1. Any of the genus Sigillaria of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation, with seal-like leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
  2. Little images or figure made of earthenware or wax sold or given as presents on the last two days of the saturnalia. They were often figures of deities or fruit. In singular, sigillarium
    Ancient-Rome, historical, plural, plural-only
  3. The last two days (i.e. the sixth and seventh) of the saturnalia.
    broadly, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Suomi sinettipuu

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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