LAPIS MARMORIUS
\lˈapiz mɑːmˈɔːɹɪəs], \lˈapiz mɑːmˈɔːɹɪəs], \l_ˈa_p_i_z m_ɑː_m_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\
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A marble stone about twelve feet long and three feet broad, placed at the upper end of Westminster Ilull, where was likewise a marble chair erected on the middle thereof, in which the English sovereigns ancieutly sat at their coronation dinner, and at other times the lord chancellor. Wharton.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
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