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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sarcophagynoun

    The practice of eating flesh.

    Etymology: σὰϱξ and φάγω.

    There was no sarcophagy before the flood; and, without the eating of flesh, our fathers preserved themselves unto longer lives than their posterity. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sarcophagynoun

    the practice of eating flesh

  2. Etymology: [Gr. sarkofagi`a. See Sarcophagus.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sarcophagy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sarcophagy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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