Usually means: "Here lies" on tombstones, epitaphs.
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  1. hic jacet: Merriam-Webster
  2. hic jacet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hic jacet: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hic jacet: Wordnik
  5. hic jacet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. hic jacet: Dictionary.com
  7. hic jacet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Hic Jacet: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  9. hic jacet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. hic jacet: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  (archaic) An epitaph (gravestone inscription).

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scilicet, hodie, locant, fecit, jaconet, articulatio, lacet, articulus, jacent, sejant, more...
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scilicet, hodie, locant, fecit, jaconet, articulatio, lacet, articulus, jacent, sejant, more...



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