cophin

English

Noun

cophin (plural cophins)

  1. Archaic spelling of coffin.

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cophin.

Verb

cophin (third-person singular simple present cophins, present participle cophining, simple past and past participle cophined)

  1. Archaic spelling of coffin.

Anagrams

French

Noun

cophin m (plural cophins)

  1. Obsolete form of coffin.
    • 1695, Alexandre Morus, Sermons svr les Sections dv Catechisme des Eglises Reformées de France‎, page 69:
      Les Pêres de la chair manquent ſouvent de pouvoir , quand ils ne manqueroient pas de ſageſſe, ni de prévoyance : L’huile défaut dans la cruche , & la farine dans le cophin.

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