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English
Etymology
From Latin lapis, lapidis (“a stone”).
Noun
lapidist (plural lapidists)
- (obsolete, rare) A lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).
1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. , London: Samuel Smith, , →OCLC:the factitious Stones of Chymists in invitation being easily detected by any ordinary Lapidist
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