Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A funeral director in ancient Egypt: one who provided liturgical services.
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Examples
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Too old was she for perfect embalmment; yet he loved her, and mourned as the inconsolable; seeing which, a colchyte presumed one day to speak to him.
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"Three times the colchyte kissed the floor. and then he replied, knowing the dead could not hear him.
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