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tumuli

tumuli


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tumulus  \Tu"mu*lus\,  n.;  pl  {Tumuli}.  [L.,  a  mound,  a 
  sepulchral  mound,  probably  from  tumere  to  swell.  Cf 
  {Tumid}.] 
  An  artificial  hillock,  especially  one  raised  over  a  grave, 
  particularly  over  the  graves  of  persons  buried  in  ancient 
  times;  a  barrow.