PYRITEGIUM

\pˈɪɹa͡ɪtd͡ʒəm], \pˈɪɹa‍ɪtd‍ʒəm], \p_ˈɪ_ɹ_aɪ_t_dʒ_ə_m]\
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  • pir-i-t[=e]'ji-um, n. the curfew-bell. [Low L.]
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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