Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a little elevation; a monticule.
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Examples
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The monticulus is the largest part of the superior vermis.
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Palatium suum duo millaria tenet in ambitu; cuius pauimentum semper vnum laterem habet aureum, alium argenteum: Iuxta ambitum istius palatij est vnus monticulus artificialis de auro et argento, super quo stant Monasteria, et campanilia, et alia delectabilia pro solatio illius popularis; Et dictum fuit mihi, quòd quatuor tales homines sunt in regno illo.
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The superior vermis is subdivided from before backward into the lingula, the lobulus centralis, the monticulus and the folium vermis, and each of these, with the exception of the lingula, is continuous with the corresponding parts of the hemispheresthe lobulus centralis with the alæ, the monticulus with the quadrangular lobules, and the folium vermis with the superior semilunar lobules.
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The diminutive monticulus (little mount) was coupled with the name A.D.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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6. The Bordeaux Pilgrim who toured the Holy Land in A.D. 333 writes of the monticulus or hillock made of bedrock at the top of the Mount of Olives Bordeaux Pilgrim 595.4596.1.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
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6. The Bordeaux Pilgrim who toured the Holy Land in A.D. 333 writes of the monticulus or hillock made of bedrock at the top of the Mount of Olives Bordeaux Pilgrim 595.4596.1.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
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